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20090021087 | MOTOR - A motor includes a rotor that is rotatable about a center axis, a stator facing the rotor, a bearing housing arranged to support the stator and having a plurality of fixing portions, and a base having a through hole. The base is fixed to the bearing housing via the fixing portions. The base also includes a recess and at least some of the fixing portions are engaged in the recess. At least one of the fixing portions is arranged to engage a surface at a radially inner portion of the base. | 01-22-2009 |
20100232993 | MOTOR - A motor includes a coming-off preventing portion including an inner circumferential edge defining a through hole, inside which a substantially cylindrical bearing housing is inserted, and being arranged axially above an insulator. The inner circumferential edge has at least two different radial dimensions. A boss portion includes a columnar portion inserted inside the through hole, and a collar portion extending radially outward from a lower end of the columnar portion. The collar portion includes an outside surface having at least two different radial dimensions, and an upper surface arranged axially opposite a bottom portion of the inner circumferential edge. The radial dimensions of the inner circumferential edge and those of the collar portion are arranged to allow the collar portion to be axially inserted through the inner circumferential edge only when the inner circumferential edge and the collar portion are arranged in a predetermined circumferential orientation relative to each other. | 09-16-2010 |
20120003109 | BLOWER FAN - A blower fan includes an impeller cup; a shaft including an end arranged to project axially upward from the impeller cup; a rotor magnet fixed to the shaft; a first bearing and a second bearing arranged axially above and below, respectively, the impeller cup; a first bearing support portion and a second bearing support portion arranged to support the first and second bearings, respectively; and a first housing and a second housing arranged on axially upper and lower sides, respectively. The first and second housings are joined to each other at an axial level higher than an axial position of a joint between the second housing and a second joining portion arranged to join the second housing and the second bearing support portion to each other. | 01-05-2012 |
20120121426 | VENTILATION FAN - In a ventilation fan of inner rotor type in which a shaft is fixed to a motor supporting portion, the shaft is held by a shaft holding portion preferably provided by, for example, a metal member. The shaft holding portion includes a cylindrical portion which is fixed to a resin of the motor supporting portion preferably by being embedded through insert molding and into which the shaft is inserted, and a shaft holding flange portion extending outwards in the radial direction from either one of an upper end or a lower end of the cylindrical portion. | 05-17-2012 |
20140363272 | SERIAL AXIAL FAN - A fan includes a first motor portion, a first impeller fixed to a first rotating portion of the first motor portion, a second motor portion arranged along a central axis of the first motor portion, a second impeller fixed to a second rotating portion of the second motor portion, a tubular wind channel portion arranged to surround the first and second impellers, and support ribs arranged to join the wind channel portion to the first and second motor portions. The first impeller includes first blades arranged in a circumferential direction about the central axis and the second impeller includes second blades arranged in the circumferential direction, a rotation direction of the second impeller is opposite to a rotation direction of the first impeller. A surface of each first blade which faces the second impeller is concave. A surface of each second blade which faces the first impeller is concave. | 12-11-2014 |
20150130306 | MOTOR - A motor includes an impeller including a plurality of blades arranged in a circumferential direction and fixed to a shaft between a cover portion and an armature. The cover portion includes at least one cover portion through hole arranged to axially overlap with the blades. A cylindrical portion includes at least one cylindrical portion through hole arranged to radially overlap with the blades. | 05-14-2015 |
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20090148706 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE HAVING PERFLUOROADAMANTANE STRUCTURE - The present invention provides an optical waveguide having a low temperature dependence of the difference in refractive index between a core resin and a clad resin and exhibiting excellent optical properties in all the operating temperatures. | 06-11-2009 |
20100247921 | NOVEL RESIN COMPOSITION, COMPOSITE MATERIAL CONTAINING THE SAME AND USE OF THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a resin composition which can firmly bond a metal with a molding material, a composite material including the resin composition and use of the composite material. The resin composition of the present invention includes: an organic compound having at least one secondary thiol group per molecule; and a curable compound having at least one hydroxyl group per molecule. | 09-30-2010 |
20100304153 | SURFACE-TREATED RESIN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE SAME - A resin according to the present invention includes an ester bond as an essential component and comprises an amine thin membrane on a surface of the resin. This makes it possible to provide (i) a resin having an amine membrane on its surface, (ii) a production method thereof, and (iii) use thereof. | 12-02-2010 |
20110077318 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL COMPONENT AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a resin composition for producing an optical component in which resin composition respective of a (meth)acrylic equivalent and a content of a repeating unit represented by the general formula (1) are adjusted to given ranges, an optical component which is made of the resin composition, and an image display device. The resin composition of the present invention for producing an optical component is arranged such that the resin composition contains at least one kind of compound whose molecule contains the repeating unit represented by the general formula (1) and at least one (meth)acryloyl group and the (meth)acrylic equivalent and the content of the repeating unit meet the given ranges. | 03-31-2011 |
20120103655 | OIL RESISTANT ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An oil resistant electronic device is provided for preventing a chemical solution from penetrating a surface of a material and an interface between a cable and a jacket. The oil resistant electronic device does not cause defective connection even under severe conditions. The oil resistant electronic device includes a functioning section, a cable via which an electric signal is transmitted to the functioning section, and a jacket which covers the cable. The jacket is made of a polybutylene terephthalate resin composition containing a thermoplastic elastomer by 10 to 40 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of a polybutylene terephthalate resin, and the jacket covers the cable so as to cover an entire cross-section of at least one end of the cable and an outer layer of the cable by 2.5 mm or more in a lengthwise direction from the at least one end. | 05-03-2012 |
20140159261 | METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL COMPONENT - The present invention provides a resin composition for producing an optical component in which resin composition respective of a (meth)acrylic equivalent and a content of a repeating unit represented by the general formula (1) are adjusted to given ranges, an optical component which is made of the resin composition, and an image display device. The resin composition of the present invention for producing an optical component is arranged such that the resin composition contains at least one kind of compound whose molecule contains the repeating unit represented by the general formula (1) and at least one (meth)acryloyl group and the (meth)acrylic equivalent and the content of the repeating unit meet the given ranges. | 06-12-2014 |
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20090210411 | Information Retrieving System - A user speech analyzing component poses, to a user, question sentences for respective ones of a plurality of attributes, and analyzes an attribute value for each of the attributes from an answer sentence from the user to the sentence question. A user data holding component, as a result of analysis, holds user data that allows the plurality of attributes, and respective user attribute values for the attributes to correspond to one another. A matching component, when an acquisition ratio of the attribute values from the user with respect to all of the attributes is a predetermined value or greater, selects at least one target data candidate that matches each of the attributes and each of the attribute values of the user data, from a plurality of target data. A dialogue control component outputs each of the target data candidates selected, to the user's side. | 08-20-2009 |
20110282913 | DIALOGUE CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL ONTOLOGY PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A dialogue control system that uses an ontology that systematically expresses domain knowledge representing concepts and relationships between concepts to determine questions for a user and implements the questions, and implements a dialogue in accordance with received user answers. One or more dimension-classified ontologies and a basic ontology are stored, a concept from a user response is specified as a condition, and one or a plural number of the dimension-classified ontologies that meet the specified condition are fetched. The content of the fetched dimension-classified ontology/ies is overwritten on the basic ontology, in order according to dimension priorities from the dimension-classified ontology with the lowest dimension priority, and a multidimensional ontology is generated. The dialogue control system uses this multidimensional ontology to control the dialogue. | 11-17-2011 |
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20100108518 | ELECTROPHORESIS CHIP AND ELECTROPHORESIS UNIT HAVING THE SAME - In order to provide a high-performance electrophoresis chip and an electrophoresis unit having the same that can restrain the diffusion of sample at an intersection between the electrophoresis groove and the sample introduction groove and prevent decrease in contrast and decrease in resolution, an electrophoresis chip is provided with a sample introduction groove, an electrophoresis groove, and a through hole. The sample introduction groove, the electrophoresis groove, and the through hole are formed on different substrates. In the electrophoresis chip, by combining the substrates, the sample introduction groove and the electrophoresis groove are located in different planes. | 05-06-2010 |
20100108520 | ELECTROPHORESIS CHIP AND ELECTROPHORESIS UNIT HAVING THE SAME - In order to provide a high-performance electrophoresis chip and an electrophoresis unit having the same that can restrain the diffusion of sample at an intersection between the electrophoresis groove and the sample introduction groove and prevent decrease in contrast and decrease in resolution, an electrophoresis chip is provided with a sample introduction groove, an electrophoresis groove, and a through hole. The sample introduction groove, the electrophoresis groove, and the through hole are formed on different substrates. In the electrophoresis chip, by combining the substrates, the sample introduction groove and the electrophoresis groove are located in different planes. | 05-06-2010 |
20100209964 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING SAMPLE - A method for analyzing a sample includes the step of irradiating a reaction portion of a sample BL and a reagent | 08-19-2010 |
20100282854 | METHOD FOR FORMING OPTICAL READING CODE AND ANALYTICAL TOOL - The method for forming an optical reading code and an analytical tool includes performing pattern formation of a plurality of pits by irradiating a target surface for code formation with a laser in order to form a desired optical reading code. The analytical tool includes a substrate on which a cover is laminated and an optical reading code being formed by pattern formation of a plurality of pits. | 11-11-2010 |
20110038766 | MICROCHANNEL AND ANALYZING DEVICE - A microchannel | 02-17-2011 |
20120211659 | Terahertz Wave Characteristic Measurement Method, Material Detection Method, Measurement Instrument, Terahertz Wave Characteristic Measurement Device and Material Detection Device - A terahertz wave characteristic measurement method comprises irradiating terahertz waves at a region in which a thickness of a solution is in the range from 10 μm to 100 μm such that a propagation direction of the terahertz waves is in a thickness direction of the solution, the solution containing at least one type of target material to be measured, and measuring at least one of a spectral characteristic and an intensity at a particular frequency or a particular wavelength of the terahertz waves that are one of transmitted through the region and reflected from the region. | 08-23-2012 |
20120247725 | Temperature Controlling Unit and Temperature Controlling Method - A temperature controlling unit (X | 10-04-2012 |
20140061474 | Terahertz Spectrometry Device and Method, and Nonlinear Optical Crystal Inspection Device and Method - When light beams of two different wavelengths applied from an excitation light source are made incident on a nonlinear optical crystal having a unique nonlinear coefficient, the nonlinear optical crystal generates THz waves resulting from difference frequency generation according to the nonlinear coefficient that the crystal itself has and SHG waves in which the light beams of two different wavelengths have been wavelength converted in accordance with the nonlinear coefficient. The generated THz waves pass through or are reflected from a sample and are detected by a THz detector. The SHG waves are detected by a SHG detector. A control unit acquires THz measurement values T from the THz detector, acquires SHG measurement values S from the SHG detector, and uses baseline THz measurement values TB and baseline SHG measurement values SB acquired without the sample to perform baseline correction using (T/S)/(TB/SB). | 03-06-2014 |
20140097344 | Terahertz Wave Measurement Device and Method - The base plate is transmissive to terahertz waves, and a sample is disposed at the base plate. In the conductive periodic structure, plural transmission portions that transmit terahertz waves are arrayed with a predetermined period. The conductive periodic structure is disposed apart from a position at which the sample is disposed. The waveguide includes a total reflection surface provided at a boundary face with the conductive periodic structure. The total reflection surface totally reflects incident terahertz waves, and the waveguide guides incident terahertz waves toward the total reflection surface. The magnitudes of one or more of a distance between the position at which the sample is disposed and the conductive periodic structure, a property of the base plate, and the predetermined period are set such that a dip showing a characteristic absorption is formed in a predetermined frequency region of a spectrum of terahertz waves. | 04-10-2014 |
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20090052551 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING MOVING IMAGE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A moving image signal is coded so that a coded stream is generated. Coded pictures are periodically eliminated from the coded moving image signal so that another coded stream associated with another moving image signal having a frame rate different from the coded moving image signal is generated. | 02-26-2009 |
20090060039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSION-ENCODING MOVING IMAGE - Encoding processes are performed in their respective encoding modes until their respective quantized DCT (discrete cosine transform) coefficients are generated. Based on information about code amounts generated in the encoding modes, an encoding mode that provides a smallest code amount is determined. DCT coefficients corresponding to the determined encoding mode are subjected to variable-length encoding. | 03-05-2009 |
20090161758 | CODE AMOUNT CONTROL METHOD, CODE AMOUNT CONTROL DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - The code amount in first video data is counted. The difference between the counted code amount and a predetermined code amount is summed. A target code amount for second video data to be encoded after the first video data is corrected based on the accumulated sum. An evaluation function for the second video data is selected based on the calculation of the motion vector of the second video data. The process calculates a first value based on a first quantization parameter for the first video data, the selected evaluation function and the counted code amount, and a second value based on a second quantization parameter for the second video data, the selected evaluation function and the corrected target code amount, and determines the second quantization parameter so that a difference between the first value and the second value is less than or equal to a predetermined amount. | 06-25-2009 |
20090190660 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD - An image encoding method according to the present invention calculates first difference information of an encoding target block and second difference information of an adjacent block, calculates a difference between the first difference information and the second difference information, and uses an intra mode only for blocks where a residual image noise occurs by selecting the intra mode when the difference is larger than a predetermined threshold, and selecting an inter mode when the difference is smaller than the predetermined threshold. | 07-30-2009 |
20110001839 | PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, PICTURE CODING METHOD AND VIDEO CAMERA - A picture coding apparatus includes a static area information calculating unit that calculates static area information indicating a size of a static area of which motion is smaller than a predetermined value for each of fields included in an interlaced picture, a reference field selecting unit that selects, as a reference field to be used to predict a field to be coded, one of a field having of the same parity as a field to be coded and a field having the opposite parity of the field to be coded, among fields previously coded, based on the static area information of the fields previously coded, and a coding unit that codes the field to be coded by using the reference field selected by the reference field selecting unit. | 01-06-2011 |
20110051816 | IMAGE COMBINING AND ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE COMBINING AND ENCODING DEVICE, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image combining and encoding method includes steps of combining a current image and a previous image at a predetermined composition ratio on a per block basis, and generating a composite image, and sequentially encoding moving pictures of the composite image generated in the combining step. A reference image generated in the encoding step is used as the previous image in the combining step. | 03-03-2011 |
20110170794 | IMAGE CODING DEVICE, DIGITAL STILL CAMERA, DIGITAL CAMCORDER, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE CODING METHOD - Coding processing performed by an image coding device ( | 07-14-2011 |
20120008685 | IMAGE CODING DEVICE AND IMAGE CODING METHOD - A reference picture selection unit compares a predicted inter-coding amount indicating a predicted amount of coding required to perform inter prediction on a coding-target field and a predicted intra-coding amount indicating a predicted amount of coding required to perform intra prediction on the coding-target field. Upon determining that the predicted inter-coding amount is relatively larger than the predicted intra-coding amount, the reference picture selection unit switches the reference picture from a field having the same parity as the coding-target field to a field which is referable and temporally closest to the coding-target field. | 01-12-2012 |
20120229636 | IMAGE CODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS AND DECODING APPARATUS, CAMERA, AND IMAGING DEVICE - An image coding method includes: a predictive pixel generation step of generating a predictive value from at least one surrounding pixel located near a compression target pixel; a code conversion step of code-converting the pixel data to generate a Gray code; and quantizing bit change information (exclusive OR) between the generated Gray code and a Gray code of the predictive value to a quantization value, to compress the pixel data. This prevents significant image quality degradation, so that high image quality can be achieved. | 09-13-2012 |
20120300098 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - The image coding method according to the present invention includes the following steps. At a histogram calculation step, a histogram of pixel values included in a block image is calculated. At a plane region detection step, a size of a plane region included in the block image is detected. At an orthogonal transformation size selection step, (i) a first processing size is selected as a processing size of orthogonal transformation for the block image when the histogram is bimodal and the size of the plane region is equal to or greater than the first threshold value, and (ii) a second processing size greater than the first processing size is selected as the processing size, when that the histogram is not bimodal or the size of the plane region is smaller than the first threshold value. | 11-29-2012 |
20130176431 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE - In an image encoding device, a predicted pixel generator generates a predicted value for pixel data based on at least one of pixels adjacent to a pixel to be compressed. A quantization processor quantizes a difference value between the pixel data and the generated predicted value to a quantized value having a smaller number of bits than that of the pixel data to compress the pixel data to the quantized value. In a quantization width determiner, an edge determiner determines whether or not there are both a flat portion and an edge portion, based on a characteristic of the difference value in the group, and an edge pixel determiner determines whether each of pixels included in the group is a pixel in an edge portion or a pixel in a flat portion, based on the difference value, whereby a quantization width used in the quantization processor is determined. | 07-11-2013 |
20130202044 | IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCING PROGRAM, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND REPRODUCING SYSTEM - A image reproducing device decodes a moving picture stream having been subjected to inter-picture prediction encoding with a reference image memory accessed. A decoding processor performs variable length decoding of the moving picture stream on a picture-by-picture basis, and outputs an encoding parameter. A traffic analyzer estimates traffic to the reference image memory on the picture-by-picture basis based on the output encoding parameters. A reference image compression controller determines a compression mode in storing a reference image in the reference image memory based on the estimated traffic. | 08-08-2013 |
20130235937 | MOVING IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND MOVING IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE - A moving image encoding device that divides a moving image signal into a plurality of macroblocks and encodes a difference between each of the macroblocks into which the moving image signal is divided and a motion compensated prediction image includes a prediction processing section configured to perform prediction processing on a plurality of moving image signals, and a control section configured to instruct, when prediction processing for a first moving image signal and prediction processing for a second moving image signal whose frame rate is smaller than a frame rate of the first moving image signal are simultaneously performed, the prediction processing section to reduce an arithmetic amount regarding prediction processing only for the first moving image signal. | 09-12-2013 |
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20080209454 | MOTOR HAVING CHUCKING DEVICE AND DISK DRIVING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A motor includes a chucking device to hold a disk having a central opening in a detachable manner. In the chucking device, a turntable part is arranged above a rotor holder and has a disk support surface for supporting the disk. An axially slidable cone part is arranged above the turntable part. A resilient member is axially arranged between the turntable part and the cone part upwardly biases the cone part. Further, the turntable part includes an inner table made of a metal and fixed to the shaft, and an outer table made of a resin material and fixed to an outside of the inner table. The outer table has the disk support surface and is axially spaced apart from the rotor holder in a position where the inner table and the outer table are fixed to each other. | 08-28-2008 |
20090064212 | CHUCKING DEVICE, BRUSHLESS MOTOR WITH THE CHUCKING DEVICE AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WITH THE BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A chucking device for removably holding a disk with a central opening, includes a shaft coaxially arranged with a specified center axis; a turntable fixed to the shaft, the turntable having a disk support surface for supporting the disk; and a resin-made cone arranged axially above the turntable, the cone including a shaft-fixed portion fixed to the shaft, a disk holding portion having an annular disk holding surface inclined radially outwardly and axially downwardly, and an arm portion for radially interconnecting the shaft-fixed portion and the disk holding portion. Herein, the arm portion includes a support portion extending radially outwardly from the shaft-fixed portion and an elastically deformable portion joined to the support portion for being elastically deformed to axially downwardly move the disk holding portion as the disk comes into contact with the disk holding portion. | 03-05-2009 |
20100309588 | TURNTABLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A turntable for a storage disk drive apparatus includes a plate member made of a ferromagnetic material and a central resin member arranged at the center of the plate member and provided with an outer peripheral portion positioned above the plate member. The central resin member includes claws extending downwards from the outer peripheral portion and claw position holes overlapping with the claws in the direction parallel to the center axis of the central resin member. The claw position holes include inner surfaces spaced apart from an edge of the plate member. The inner surfaces are defined by the resin. The central resin member includes a resin layer extending in the direction perpendicular to the center axis. The resin layer exists between the portion of the edge of the plate member around the claw position holes and the claw position holes. | 12-09-2010 |
20100313212 | TURNTABLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A turntable for a storage disk drive apparatus includes a plate member made of a ferromagnetic material and a central resin member arranged at the center of the plate member and formed into a single member by injection-molding a resin. The plate member includes a peripheral plate portion and a central plate portion positioned higher than the peripheral plate portion. The central plate portion includes a plate center hole defined at the center of the plate member. The central resin member includes a resinous cylinder portion extending through the plate center hole and defining a resin central through-hole, a disk guide portion arranged to guide a disk center hole, and a resinous connector portion arranged above the central plate portion to interconnect the resinous cylinder portion and the disk guide portion. | 12-09-2010 |
20110035763 | TURNTABLE - A turntable for storage disk drive apparatuses includes a plate member made of a ferromagnetic material and a central resin member arranged at the center of the plate member and formed by injection-molding a resin. The central resin member includes a disk guide portion provided on an upper surface thereof to guide a central hole of a disk and a plurality of gate recess portions indented upwards from a lower surface of the central resin member. The gate recess portions include ceiling surfaces positioned higher than the plate member. The ceiling surfaces include a plurality of gate cut portions formed in an injection molding process. | 02-10-2011 |
20110035764 | CHUCKING DEVICE, BRUSHLESS MOTOR, DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CHUCKING DEVICE - A chucking device includes a turntable fixed to a shaft having a central axis and a cone arranged axially above the turntable. An annular yoke is arranged above a sliding portion of the cone and fixed to the shaft, and a clamp magnet is fixed to the yoke through an adhesive agent. The yoke includes an upper surface having an annular recess defined in a concentric relationship with the central axis, the adhesive agent being applied on a region of the upper surface existing radially inwards of the recess. The recess includes a radial outer wall parallel to the central axis and a radial inner wall inclined radially inwards and axially upwards. The angle between the radial outer wall and a lower surface of the clamp magnet is greater than the angle between the radial inner wall and the lower surface of the clamp magnet. | 02-10-2011 |