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20130190884 | ARTIFICIAL KNEE JOINT - An artificial knee joint comprises a femoral component a tibial plate slidably receive the femoral component. The femoral component includes medial and lateral condyles, an opening and an elliptical spherical sliding portion are formed therebetween. The elliptical spherical sliding portion couples posterior ends of the medial and lateral condyles, and slides with respect to the tibial plate when flexing the knee joint. The tibial plate includes a medial fossa and a lateral fossa, and a spine and a concave sliding surface are formed therebetween. The spine moves within the opening in an antero-posterior direction in response to flexion-extension action of the knee joint, and comes into contact with the sliding portion when flexing. The concave sliding surface forms a posterior surface of the spine, and slidably receives the elliptical spherical portion. A width of the elliptical spherical sliding portion is widened from the opening toward a posterior end. | 07-25-2013 |
20140200673 | ARTIFICIAL KNEE JOINT - An artificial knee joint is provided whose rollback amount and roll ratio are small in slight flexion and large in deep flexion. In the artificial knee joint, a femoral component | 07-17-2014 |
20140243989 | ARTIFICIAL KNEE JOINT IMPLANT - The present invention provides a PS-type artificial knee joint implant, with which the gap balance can be adjusted in order to realize a stable deep flexion movement, the burden on a surgeon and a patient can be reduced, and the patient can perform a natural flexion movement. An artificial knee joint implant | 08-28-2014 |
20140330388 | ARTIFICIAL KNEE JOINT IMPLANT - An artificial knee joint includes a femoral component and a tibial plate. The femoral component includes a first joint face disposed adjacent to a medial collateral ligament of a patient, and a second joint face disposed adjacent to a lateral collateral ligament of the patient. The first and second joint faces respectively have first and second medial pivot guide portions. A reference face extending orthogonal to the left-right direction is defined between the first and second joint faces. An amount ΔD | 11-06-2014 |
20160030198 | FEMORAL COMPONENT TRIAL FOR KNEE JOINT - A femoral component trial for a knee joint of the present invention includes a trial body. The trial body includes a medial condyle and a lateral condyle that are located away from each other on an external surface, a through hole that is located between the medial condyle and the lateral condyle and has an approximately rectangular shape whose long side is an outer edge of an inner wall located along a back-and-forth direction and whose short side is an outer edge of an inner wall located along a right-and-left direction in an external surface view, a first guide slit that is located ahead of and above the through hole and extends in the right-and-left direction, and four second guide slits respectively extending from four corner parts of the through hole and along the long side. | 02-04-2016 |
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20090090242 | GAS ADSORBING DEVICE, VACUUM HEAT INSULATOR MAKING USE OF GAS ADSORBING DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING VACUUM HEAT INSULATOR - A jacket material into which a gas adsorbing device and core material are inserted is decompressed in a vacuum chamber, the opening is sealed, and then the jacket material is exposed to the atmosphere. In the atmospheric pressure, a pressure of about 1 atm which is equivalent to the pressure difference between the inside and outside is applied to the jacket material of the heat insulator. The jacket material is made of a plastic laminated film and is deformed by pressure. A protruding portion is plunged into a container to drill through holes, and a gas adsorbent in the container communicates with the inside of the jacket material. Thus, both during holding and in applying to the vacuum heat insulator, the gas adsorbent can be applied to the vacuum heat insulator without degradation, and the high degree of vacuum can be kept for a long time. | 04-09-2009 |
20100242735 | GAS ADSORBING DEVICE, VACUUM HEAT INSULATOR MAKING USE OF GAS ADSORBING DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING VACUUM HEAT INSULATOR - A jacket material into which a gas adsorbing device and core material are inserted is decompressed in a vacuum chamber, the opening is sealed, and then the jacket material is exposed to the atmosphere. In the atmospheric pressure, a pressure of about 1 atm which is equivalent to the pressure difference between the inside and outside is applied to the jacket material of the heat insulator. The jacket material is made of a plastic laminated film and is deformed by pressure. A protruding portion is plunged into a container to drill through holes, and a gas adsorbent in the container communicates with the inside of the jacket material. Thus, both during holding and in applying to the vacuum heat insulator, the gas adsorbent can be applied to the vacuum heat insulator without degradation, and the high degree of vacuum can be kept for a long time. | 09-30-2010 |
20100263330 | GAS ADSORBING DEVICE, VACUUM HEAT INSULATOR MAKING USE OF GAS ADSORBING DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING VACUUM HEAT INSULATOR - A jacket material into which a gas adsorbing device and core material are inserted is decompressed in a vacuum chamber, the opening is sealed, and then the jacket material is exposed to the atmosphere. In the atmospheric pressure, a pressure of about 1 atm which is equivalent to the pressure difference between the inside and outside is applied to the jacket material of the heat insulator. The jacket material is made of a plastic laminated film and is deformed by pressure. A protruding portion is plunged into a container to drill through holes, and a gas adsorbent in the container communicates with the inside of the jacket material. Thus, both during holding and in applying to the vacuum heat insulator, the gas adsorbent can be applied to the vacuum heat insulator without degradation, and the high degree of vacuum can be kept for a long time. | 10-21-2010 |
20100263539 | GAS ADSORBING DEVICE, VACUUM HEAT INSULATOR MAKING USE OF GAS ADSORBING DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING VACUUM HEAT INSULATOR - A jacket material into which a gas adsorbing device and core material are inserted is decompressed in a vacuum chamber, the opening is sealed, and then the jacket material is exposed to the atmosphere. In the atmospheric pressure, a pressure of about 1 atm which is equivalent to the pressure difference between the inside and outside is applied to the jacket material of the heat insulator. The jacket material is made of a plastic laminated film and is deformed by pressure. A protruding portion is plunged into a container to drill through holes, and a gas adsorbent in the container communicates with the inside of the jacket material. Thus, both during holding and in applying to the vacuum heat insulator, the gas adsorbent can be applied to the vacuum heat insulator without degradation, and the high degree of vacuum can be kept for a long time. | 10-21-2010 |
20100263540 | GAS ADSORBING DEVICE, VACUUM HEAT INSULATOR MAKING USE OF GAS ADSORBING DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING VACUUM HEAT INSULATOR - A jacket material into which a gas adsorbing device and core material are inserted is decompressed in a vacuum chamber, the opening is sealed, and then the jacket material is exposed to the atmosphere. In the atmospheric pressure, a pressure of about 1 atm which is equivalent to the pressure difference between the inside and outside is applied to the jacket material of the heat insulator. The jacket material is made of a plastic laminated film and is deformed by pressure. A protruding portion is plunged into a container to drill through holes, and a gas adsorbent in the container communicates with the inside of the jacket material. Thus, both during holding and in applying to the vacuum heat insulator, the gas adsorbent can be applied to the vacuum heat insulator without degradation, and the high degree of vacuum can be kept for a long time. | 10-21-2010 |
20120006195 | FABRICATION METHOD FOR GAS-ADSORBING DEVICE, GAS-ADSORBING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A gas-adsorbing member is charged in low gas-permeable container ( | 01-12-2012 |
20130008309 | GAS-ADSORPTION DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - Includes gas adsorption device ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130305928 | GAS ADSORBING DEVICE AND VACUUM INSULATION PANEL PROVIDED WITH SAME - A gas adsorbing device ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130306655 | HEAT-INSULATING BOX - A heat-insulating box ( | 11-21-2013 |
20140178613 | SEALED CONTAINER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND VACUUM HEAT INSULATING BODY - A sealed container ( | 06-26-2014 |
20150068401 | GAS ADSORBING DEVICE AND HOLLOW BODY HOUSING THE SAME - Provided is a gas adsorbing device that allows a gas adsorbent to sufficiently exert its gas adsorption capacity even if the gas adsorbent absorbs a gas that contains moisture. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090288639 | Mechanism for Restraining Fuel Pressure Pulsation and High Pessure Fuel Supply Pump of Internal Combustion Engine with Such Mechanism - A mechanism for reducing pressure pulsation includes a pair of metal dampers formed by joining two disk-shaped metal diaphragms over an entire circumference and forming a hermetically sealed space inside a joined portion, with gas being sealed in the aforementioned hermetically sealed space of the damper, has a pair of pressing members which give pressing forces to both outer surfaces of the aforementioned metal dampers at a position at an inner diameter side from the joined portion, and is unitized with the pair of pressing members being connected in a state in which they sandwich the metal damper. | 11-26-2009 |
20120199103 | High-Pressure Fuel Pump - In a conventional high-pressure fuel pump, the interference fit part between a plunger and a retainer comes loose with time due to environmental factors and this reduces the clearance between the retainer and a tappet more than necessity, resulting in increase in the contact face pressure between the plunger and a cylinder when a side force acts on the plunger, which causes seizure between the plunger and the cylinder. In this invention, a protrusion protruding toward the tappet is provided around the through-hole for press-fitting the plunger, the through-hole provided in the center portion of the retainer. Since the clearance between the retainer and the tappet can sufficiently be kept even if the joint between the retainer and the plunger comes loose, the seizure between the plunger and the cylinder and the breakage of the plunger are less likely to occur even if the side force acts on the retainer. | 08-09-2012 |
20130149177 | Mechanism for Restraining Fuel Pressure Pulsation and High Pressure Fuel Supply Pump of Internal Combustion Engine with Such Mechanism - A mechanism for reducing pressure pulsation includes a pair of metal dampers formed by joining two disk-shaped metal diaphragms over an entire circumference and forming a hermetically sealed space inside a joined portion, with gas being sealed in the aforementioned hermetically sealed space of the damper, has a pair of pressing members which give pressing forces to both outer surfaces of the aforementioned metal dampers at a position at an inner diameter side from the joined portion, and is unitized with the pair of pressing members being connected in a state in which they sandwich the metal damper. | 06-13-2013 |
20150017039 | HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL SUPPLY PUMP HAVING AN ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-DRIVEN INLET VALVE - A high-pressure fuel supply pump having a normally-closed type electromagnetically-driven inlet valve mechanism supporting a large capacity and causing least sound is provided. A valve member having a seat surface that comes into abutment with an inlet valve seat; and a plunger rod positioned on the seat surface side of the valve member and configured to operate the valve member by a magnetic attraction force are provided, and a protector configured to face a surface of the valve member on the surface opposite to the seat surface with a gap therebetween when the plunger rod makes a full stroke in the valve-open direction of the valve member and an anchor for driving the plunger rod comes into contact with a stopper is provided. | 01-15-2015 |
20150017041 | Mechanism for Restraining Fuel Pressure Pulsation and High Pressure Fuel Supply Pump of Internal Combustion Engine with Such Mechanism - A mechanism for reducing pressure pulsation includes a pair of metal dampers formed by joining two disk-shaped metal diaphragms over an entire circumference and forming a hermetically sealed space inside a joined portion. Gas is sealed in the aforementioned hermetically sealed space of the damper, and a pair of pressing members give pressing forces to both outer surfaces of the aforementioned metal dampers at a position at an inner diameter side from the joined portion. The mechanism is unitized, with the pair of pressing members being connected in a state in which they sandwich the metal damper. | 01-15-2015 |
20150233332 | High-Pressure Fuel Pump - A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump body, a plunger, a retainer, a spring that is configured to energize the plunger in a direction opposite to a direction of the pressurizing chamber, and a tappet covering the retainer from a side of an end portion of the retainer and the plunger. The retainer is provided with a projection portion protruding to a side of the tappet. The projection portion is separated from the tappet by a predetermined distance along an axial direction of the plunger. | 08-20-2015 |
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20090105103 | Lubricating Oil Composition - A lubricating oil composition for use in oil-impregnated sintered bearings together with a resin member having C═C bonds or C═O groups in the molecules, which comprises a base oil comprising a synthetic hydrocarbon oil as the main component, and 0.1-30% by weight of an ester-based oil on the basis of total composition, and free from zinc dialkyldithiophosphate and molybdenum dialkyldithiocarbamate, where the synthetic hydrocarbon oil as the main component of the base oil has substantially no adverse effect on resin, can minimize an adverse effect on various metal species of sintered materials by suppressing a mixing amount of a wear inhibitor or an extreme pressure agent to a minimum, without deteriorating a good lubricability required for the lubricating oil in oil-impregnated sintered bearings. | 04-23-2009 |
20090105105 | LUBRICANT COMPOSITION FOR OIL-IMPREGNATED SINTERED BEARINGS - A lubricant composition for oil-impregnated sintered bearings, which comprises at least one base oil selected from a perfluoropolyether oil represented by the following general formula: | 04-23-2009 |
20100240557 | PERFLUOROPOLYETHER OIL COMPOSITION - A perfluoropolyether oil composition, which comprises a perfluoro-polyether base oil, preferably a thickener-containing perfluoropolyether base oil, and a fluorine-containing di- or mono-amide-based compound having a perfluoropolyether group, where 0.01 to 50% by weight of the amide-based compound, based on total weight of the base oil and the amide-based compound, is contained when the perfluoropolyether oil composition is used as a lubricating oil composition, particularly grease, and 0.01 to 90% by weight thereof is contained, when the perfluoropolyether oil composition is used as an electrode-coating agent for a cell. The perfluoropolyether oil composition shows a metal surface protective action against corrosive gases such as sulfide gases, etc. without deteriorating the abrasion resistance, and also shows a distinguished high temperature durability even in the presence of graphite or molybdenum disulfide. Furthermore, creeping-up of the electrolytic solution along the electrodes or leakage thereof can be suppressed only by its coating onto the electrode surfaces in the cell. | 09-23-2010 |
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20090106137 | Power Transmitting Device, Power Receiving Device, Authentication/Billing Proxy Device, Electrical Charging System, Power Transmitting Method, Power Receiving Method and Electrical Charging Method - To realize charging while in non-contact processing operation for the purpose other than charging. An approach of a portable electronic device | 04-23-2009 |
20130091426 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT SUPPORTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To present information that is likely to be input by a user as an input candidate in a case of supporting user input. | 04-11-2013 |
20130117303 | DATA SEARCH DEVICE, DATA SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data search device acquires memo data to be used in a search, extracts keywords from the memo data, and then allocates ranks to the keywords. The data search device performs a search for the keywords in multiple databases to identify related data. The databases are ranked similarly to the keywords. When multiple items of related data are identified, the data search device calculates overall ranks based on the ranks of the keywords and the ranks of the databases used in the search of the items of related data, and outputs items of related data having higher ranks. | 05-09-2013 |
20130185386 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In an information-providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a communication terminal transmits request information for requesting a setting input screen, an information-processing device recognizes character information contained in the request information, and, by referring to history information, identifies location information corresponding to character information similar to the recognized character information. The location information identified by the information-processing device is received by the communication terminal, and this information is reflected on a setting input screen displayed on the communication terminal. As a result, when setting of a location where acquisition of notification information is desired is made using the communication terminal, a location in accordance with past history is displayed on the setting input screen, and thus, the user does not have to perform input for specifying a location, such input tending to be cumbersome, and effort and time can be reduced. | 07-18-2013 |
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20110148933 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - In a communication terminal device, in a case where the arrangement of the windows is changed in a list screen, an overhead screen is initially displayed, in which the list screen is overviewed, and the arrangement of the windows is subsequently changed in the overhead screen, and a magnified screen (original screen) of the overhead screen, in which the arrangement of the windows has been changed, is displayed last, as described in the foregoing. By displaying a magnified image, it is possible to make windows better visible in a small display area of a mobile phone. Also, in a case where a window exists that cannot be displayed in a magnified screen, by displaying an overhead screen, it becomes possible for a user to recognize a fact that a window that cannot be displayed exists in a magnified screen, and also recognize a position of the window. | 06-23-2011 |
20110161873 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An information-processing device, if an instruction to display a window group is received, displays the window group in a first size in a display area of display means, and then displays at least a part of the window group in a second size that is greater than the first size in the display area. If operation means receives an instruction to specify a window that is displayed in the display area, the information-processing device executes a process based on the specified window. | 06-30-2011 |
20110164048 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An information-processing device comprises: a reception means for receiving an instruction to display an object image(s) on a display means for displaying an image, via an operation means for receiving an operation; a determination means for determining a number of the object image(s) when the object image(s) is displayed on the display means in response to the instruction; and a display control means for, in a case where the number determined by the determination means is equal to or larger than three and equal to or smaller than a threshold value, arranging and displaying the object images at positions such that, when points respectively determined in adjacent object images are connected by line segments, a figure formed by the line segments represents a polygon having a number of vertices corresponding to the determined number, and, in a case where the number determined by the determination means exceeds the threshold value, arranging and displaying the object images in rows extending in a predetermined direction in a display area of the display means. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167368 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An information-processing device according to the present invention displays plural windows in a certain arrangement. The information-processing device selects one of displayed windows as a selected window, and in response to an operation to specify a direction, sets a window located in the direction as a selected window. The information-processing device also, in a case where plural windows are displayed in a certain arrangement, changes the arrangement in accordance with a predetermined operation. The change may be made in a regular manner or according to a random pattern. For example, in a case where window W | 07-07-2011 |
20110167389 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - The information-processing device according to the present invention, if a subject operation direction is “rightward,” specifies in a coordinate axis across a rightward direction, a range that overlaps an area between coordinates (Ya | 07-07-2011 |
20110173627 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - When executing plural application programs in parallel, a control unit assigns a small storage area to each application program so that a part of a function implemented by execution of each application program is provided. When providing a service of high value to a user, a control unit assigns a large storage area to any one of the application programs so that a full function that is implemented by execution of the application program is provided. | 07-14-2011 |
20120182312 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus stores schedule information and a decorative image attached to the schedule information in association with each other. The communication apparatus specifies a display section, at which the schedule information is displayed, in a schedule area in which the schedule information is arranged. In addition, the communication apparatus determines, as a candidate for a position on a schedule screen at which the decorative image is arranged, a position that, if the decorative image is arranged thereon, makes at least a part of the attached image overlap the schedule area in which the schedule information stored in association with the decorative image is arranged, and further prevents the decorative image from overlapping the specified display section. In addition, the communication apparatus arranges the decorative image on the position selected from a plurality of positions determined as candidates. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185760 | DATA-PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA-PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A data-processing device includes: a display control means that causes a display means to display multiple input fields that receive input of data; an acquisition means that acquires multiple items of data constituting a data group; a recording means that records into a storage means a first item of data, which is one of the multiple items of data acquired by the acquisition means, while associating the first item of data with a first input field predetermined, and records into the storage means a second item of data, which is one of the multiple items of data acquired by the acquisition means and inputted later than the first item of data, while associating the second item of data with a second input field(s) that is included in the multiple input fields and is different from the first input field; and a specifying means. | 07-19-2012 |
20130305186 | DISPLAY DEVICE, USER INTERFACE METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display device includes a display and a display controller that controls the display to display any of a plurality of screens and an input unit that receives a user's operation. The display controller displays one or more images corresponding to one or more software programs at positions, which correspond to the operation received by the input unit, in a customized area scrollable in the horizontal direction and adjacent to the left or right side of the initial screen, and displays a predetermined type of information at a predetermined position in a non-customized area scrollable in the vertical direction and adjacent to the initial screen at a position other than the customized area. The display controller scrolls the customized area using the size of the screen as the unit of scrolling. | 11-14-2013 |
20140059492 | DISPLAY DEVICE, USER INTERFACE METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display apparatus includes: a display having a screen in which an image is displayed; an input unit having a surface on which a user's touch is sensed; a display controller that displays a plurality of individual icons and one or more category icons each of which represents a category of one or more individual icons; and a motion recognition unit that detects a pinching-out motion to widen a distance between two points of touch on the surface based on a motion sensed by the input unit, wherein the display controller changes a state of one or more individual icons associated with at least one category from an enfolded state in which the one or more individual icons are not displayed to an unfolded state in which the one or more individual icons are displayed. | 02-27-2014 |
20150181034 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Speech data acquiring unit acquires speech data representing a user's speech. Text data acquiring unit acquires text data generated as a result of a speech recognition processing based on the speech data. Operation identifying unit identifies an operation represented by text data. Schedule data identifying unit, when the identified operation is not an operation for requesting starting a phone conversation in response to an incoming call, identifies schedule data. Reply date/time identifying unit identifies a date and time when a reply will be made to the received call, based on schedule data. Response sentence data generating unit generates voice data of a response sentence indicating that a reply will be made on the identified date and time. Response sentence data sending unit sends the voice data of a response sentence to a communication device of a caller. | 06-25-2015 |
20150324458 | Information-Processing Device, Server Device, Interaction System, and Program - Identifying unit identifies a character selected by a user from among plural characters in a terminal, through communication with the terminal via communication unit. Comparison unit, when a first character is identified by identifying unit, compares a history of selections of the first character and a history of selections of a second character with reference to history database. Output unit outputs expression data based on a result of the comparison by comparison unit with reference to expression database, which data represents an expression used when the first character interacts with the user. | 11-12-2015 |
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20130243128 | INTERPOLATION CIRCUIT AND RECEIVING CIRCUIT - An interpolation circuit includes: a first circuit that generates first interpolation data from a plurality of pieces of data among data inputted in time series; a second circuit that generates second interpolation data from the plurality of pieces of data in timing when a part of the data inputted in time series in the first circuit lacks; and a third circuit that adds the second interpolation data to a location in the first interpolation data where the part of the data inputted in time series has lacked. | 09-19-2013 |
20130249600 | INTERPOLATION CIRCUIT AND RECEIVING CIRCUIT - An interpolation circuit includes: a generation circuit that generates interpolation data from a plurality of pieces of input data, using an interpolation coefficient, among input data inputted in time series including a data point and a transition point; a detection circuit that detects that the input data lacks at the data point; and a coefficient circuit that changes the interpolation coefficient for each given data interval, and skips a position for changing the interpolation coefficient to the transition point when the detection circuit detects the lack of the input data. | 09-26-2013 |
20140159786 | RECEIVER CIRCUIT - A receiver circuit includes a data interpolator to interpolate an input data signal and generate an interpolation data signal, a data determination unit to determine a data determination result of the interpolation data signal, a clock recovery unit to detect phase information based on a data determination result and output an interpolation code determining an interpolation rate to the data interpolator based on the detected phase information, a first interpolator to interpolate the input data signal and generate an interpolation data signal for an eye pattern monitor, a first determination unit for the eye pattern monitor to compare the interpolation data signal with a reference voltage, a match determination unit to determine whether the data determination result of the data determination unit matches a comparison result of the first determination unit, and an eye pattern regenerator to generate an eye pattern based on the phase information and a determination result. | 06-12-2014 |
20140169442 | CLOCK DATA RECOVERY METHOD AND CLOCK DATA RECOVERY CIRCUIT - A clock data recovery method includes: integrating an input data signal over a number of cycles of a sample clock to generate an integrated signal; performing a digital process on the integrated signal to output a first digital signal; interpolating the first digital signal in accordance with phase information to generate interpolation data; outputting phase difference data indicating a difference in phase of the interpolation data from the sample clock; performing a filtering process on the phase difference data to generate the phase information; performing an equalization process on the interpolation data in accordance with output data; and performing a binary decision on results of the equalization process to generate the output data. | 06-19-2014 |
20150030106 | RECEIVER CIRCUIT - A receiver circuit includes: first and second phase adjusters that generate first and second clock signals; first and second determinators that perform binary determination on input data in synchronization with the first and second clock signals; a phase detection circuit that detects a phase on the basis of determination values of the first and the second determinators; a filter that performs filtering on the detected phase and thereby outputs first phase information to the second phase adjuster; an adder that adds a shift amount to the first phase information and thereby outputs second phase information to the first phase adjuster; and a corrector that outputs third phase information for decreasing variation in phase difference of the first clock signal with respect to the second clock signal to the first phase adjuster. | 01-29-2015 |
20150326385 | RECEPTION CIRCUIT - First and second determination units determine amplitude levels of an input data signal in synchronization with respective first and second clocks, a phase detector detects a phase relationship between the input data signal and the second clock based on the amplitude levels, and first and second phase adjusters adjust phases of the respective first and second clocks according to a detection result of the phase detector. Further, a correction unit corrects a skew generated between the first and second clocks which arrive at the first and second determination units. A correction amount determination unit determines a correction amount corresponding to the skew in the correction unit according to the detection result in the phase detector when a phase difference set between the first and second clocks is made zero. | 11-12-2015 |
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20120260636 | ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR PARTICULATE MATTER DETECTION SENSOR - Disclosed is an abnormality determination device capable of checking for abnormal particulate matter detection by a particulate matter detection sensor. The particulate matter detection sensor | 10-18-2012 |
20130144503 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine control device having a particulate matter sensor which has a pair of electrodes disposed at a distance from each other and measures the amount of particulate matter in a gaseous body, and elimination means for burning and eliminating particulate matter attached to the particulate matter sensor. The control device performs a particulate matter elimination process to judge whether the amount of particulate matter attached to the particulate matter sensor is smaller than a reference particulate matter amount that is predefined as the minimum amount of remaining particulate matter required to bring the pair of electrodes into electrical conduction at one or more spots. When the amount of particulate matter is judged to be smaller than the reference particulate matter amount, the control device causes the elimination means to terminate the particulate matter elimination process. | 06-06-2013 |
20140165979 | CONTROL UNIT FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE - According to the invention, a particulate matter sensor is installed in an exhaust passage of an internal-combustion engine. A control unit for this internal-combustion engine detects a particulate amount in an exhaust gas through the exhaust passage in response to an output from the particulate matter sensor. Further, the control unit for the internal-combustion engine forms a particulate layer on electrode surfaces of the particulate matter sensor by applying a particulate capturing voltage between the electrodes during a first period. Further, the control unit maintains the formed particulate layer during a second period. It is noted here that the phrase “maintain the formed particulate layer” includes the meanings “maintaining the formed particulate layer as it is” and “inhibiting control to remove the particulate layer”. | 06-19-2014 |
20140216014 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes an SCR system disposed on an exhaust passage and a particulate matter sensor disposed downstream of the SCR system, the particulate matter sensor for producing an output that corresponds to an amount of particulate matter deposited on an element section. A control apparatus for the internal combustion engine includes: means for detecting a condition of the element section being deposited with a urea-related substance; and means for controlling to bring a temperature of the element section to a first temperature range when the condition of being deposited with the urea-related substance is detected. The first temperature range is higher than a temperature at which the urea-related substance vaporizes and lower than a temperature at which the particulate matter burns. This prevents the urea-related substance from being deposited on an electrode of the particulate matter sensor and limits variations in an output of the particulate matter sensor. | 08-07-2014 |
20140245815 | Microparticle Sensor and Method for Manufacturing Microparticle Sensor - A particulate matter sensor comprises an insulating body and a pair of electrodes disposed apart form each other on a main surface of the insulating body. The insulating body includes an insulating portion being equal to or higher than the height of the pair of the electrodes in a direction perpendicular to the main surface, formed on the part where the pair of the electrodes are. In one of the methods for manufacturing the particulate matter sensor, first, an electrode pattern composed of a material for the pair of the electrodes is formed on a body material composing the insulating body, and a mask, having identical pattern of the electrode pattern and composed of material which vaporizes at a temperature equal to or lower than a temperature that the electrode pattern is sintered, is formed on the electrode pattern. A thin film of the material composing the insulating portion is formed, and the electrode pattern and the thin film is sintered to form the electrodes and the insulating portion. | 09-04-2014 |
20140305106 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An SCR system ( | 10-16-2014 |
20140311129 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - By raising a temperature of an element portion of a particulate matter sensor ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140366511 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine includes a SCR system disposed in an exhaust passage and a particulate matter sensor disposed downstream of the SCR system. The control device applies a particulate matter trapping voltage to the particulate matter sensor, and acquires an output of the particulate matter sensor at a first timing after the start of application of the particulate matter trapping voltage. The control device executes predetermined control in accordance with the output. If a second timing at which an integrated operating time period of the internal combustion engine in a predetermined operating state in which urea-related substances discharged to downstream of the SCR system increase reaches a reference time period after starting application of the particulate matter trapping voltage is earlier than the first timing, the control device stops the predetermined control. | 12-18-2014 |
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20150331526 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch panel includes a transparent dielectric layer having a front surface and a reverse surface opposite to the front surface, first electrode wirings formed on the front surface at an interval in a first direction, and second electrode wirings formed on the reverse surface at an interval in a second direction. When viewed from the front surface of the transparent dielectric layer, each of the first electrode wirings crosses each of the second electrode wirings. At least one of the first electrode wirings includes a bending line having bending sections. At least a portion of the bending sections is positioned to face the interval of the second electrode wirings. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331538 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch panel including a transparent dielectric layer having a front surface and a reverse surface opposite to the front surface, first electrodes each extended in a first direction of a pixel matrix and formed on the front surface of the transparent dielectric layer such that the first electrodes are arranged in a second direction of the pixel matrix which crosses with the first direction, and second electrodes each extended in the second direction and formed on the reverse surface of the transparent dielectric layer such that the second electrodes are arranged in the first direction. Each of the first electrodes includes first main electrode wirings and first sub electrode wirings. Each of the second electrode includes second main electrode wirings and second sub electrode wirings. The first main electrode wirings cross the second main electrode wirings when viewed from the front surface of the dielectric layer. | 11-19-2015 |
20160026298 | ELECTRODES FOR A TOUCH SENSOR, TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY UNIT - An electrode for a touch sensor, including strip electrodes arranged in an arrangement direction with a space therebetween, wherein each of the strip electrodes is made of a group of electrode wires spaced from one another and formed such that a total area of the electrode wires in each of the strip electrodes is the same, the strip electrodes include an end strip electrode and a non-end strip electrode, the end strip electrode being located in at least one end portion in the arrangement direction, and the strip electrodes are formed such that the end strip electrode has an area ratio different from an area ratio of the non-end strip electrode, where the area ratio of each of the strip electrodes is defined as a ratio of the total area of the electrode wires in each of the strip electrodes to an area of each of the strip electrodes. | 01-28-2016 |