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20090138276 | PRIVACY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING USER'S POLICY AND PREFERENCE MATCHING - By applying a privacy policy, which describes and manages a policy for disclosure of preference information, to the preference information, it is determined whether or not to disclose some or all of the information to a third party based on classification as a result of matching by a matching system. The description of a privacy policy makes it possible to achieve a meaningful communication by disclosing preference information to others within a detailed range while keeping the preference information undisclosed if the user does not wish disclosure thereof, such as disclosing only preference information including preferences matching those of the other user or disclosing only preference information including preferences shared in a certain user group. | 05-28-2009 |
20090222557 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, ACTIVITY ANALYSIS METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - An analysis system, information processing apparatus, activity analysis method, and program for analyzing activities of an information source on a network. The system and apparatus include an attribute extraction block for extracting, an information propagation graph acquisition block for searching action history data, and a characteristic user calculation block for calculating an amount characteristic. The method and program product include the steps of extracting an information characteristic value, searching action history data, registering the information, calculating an amount characteristic, and integrating the amount characteristic. | 09-03-2009 |
20090240543 | PROJECT TROUBLE OCCURRENCE PREDICTION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - Based on expression patterns describing project information, a trouble occurrence probability and time are estimated by using a project trouble occurrence probability distribution in which a point where the expression pattern appears in a text of the project in formation is set as a reference, and by using statistics representing the distribution. With high likelihood, projects likely to have a trouble are narrowed down. The project information is a project state report regularly created for each project and includes at least a text describing the project state and information indicating the case where the project falls into a troubled state. The expression pattern is one or more definition descriptions that each specifies a specific linguistic expression in natural language processing. Expression pattern characteristics include a project trouble occurrence probability distribution in which a point where a certain expression pattern appears in a text of the project information is set as a reference, and statistics representing the distribution. | 09-24-2009 |
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20120200717 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - There is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store log data, which indicate locations along a path of movement, and image data, wherein the log data contains a plurality of pairs of position information and time information and wherein the image data contains time information and position information indicating a position where an image is captured; and a generation unit configured to generate interpolated log data which contains the plurality of pairs contained in the log data and the pair of position information and time information contained in the image data. | 08-09-2012 |
20140300762 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - There is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store log data, which indicate locations along a path of movement, and image data, wherein the log data contains a plurality of pairs of position information and time information and wherein the image data contains time information and position information indicating a position where an image is captured; and a generation unit configured to generate interpolated log data which contains the plurality of pairs contained in the log data and the pair of position information and time information contained in the image data. | 10-09-2014 |
20150254535 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A third image is generated using an image obtained by rotating a second image by 180 degrees if designating being in an open state or a second image if designating being in a closed state. If being in the open state, an image obtained by coupling the first and third images while the lower side of the third image is aligned with a flap connecting side is generated as an image to be printed on a surface constituted by the obverse surface of an envelope and the flap. If being in the closed state, an image obtained by superimposing the third image on the first image while the upper side of the third image is aligned with the flap connecting side is generated as an image to be printed on a surface constituted by the reverse surface of the envelope and the flap. | 09-10-2015 |
20160096700 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention is directed to selectively switching binding processing according to a remaining amount of consumable materials required for the binding processing even in a case where the binding processing for binding sheets by using consumable materials is specified. To achieve this purpose, a sheet processing apparatus includes a first binding unit configured to bind sheets by using a consumable material, a second binding unit configured to bind sheets without using the consumable material, and a control unit configured to control the sheet processing apparatus to perform binding processing on sheets by using the first or the second binding unit, wherein the control unit determines whether to perform the binding processing by using the first binding unit or by using the second binding unit according at least to a remaining amount of the consumable materials. | 04-07-2016 |
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20120274949 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT DATA GENERATING METHOD - An ink jet printing apparatus comprises a distributing unit configured to distribute print data for printing dot into data used for printing by first printing elements provided in a print head and data used for printing by second printing elements provided in the same print head, and a determining unit configured to, for the data used for printing by the respective parts of the printing element arrays of each of first and second print heads which have the overlapped print regions, determine a ratio between amount of the data used for printing by a combination of the first and second printing element arrays in the first print head and a combination of the first and second printing element arrays in the second print head. | 11-01-2012 |
20120274951 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - A large and small dot distribution pattern is generated, for each chip, according to a large and small dot distribution ratio and ejection failure nozzle information. In doing so, a bias of large and small dot distribution ratio at a nozzle position including an ejection failure nozzle is set to be smaller than that at a nozzle position that does not including an ejection failure nozzle. Then, dot data to be printed by the ejection failure nozzle is equally distributed to large dot nozzles that can eject normally and small dot nozzles. By such a configuration, even if a plurality of printing chips have different printing characteristics, ejection failure compensation processing is performed to minimize image degradation caused by an unexpected ejection failure and an average ejection volume of each of the chips converge on a fixed target ejection volume, which leads to reduction of density unevenness among the chips. | 11-01-2012 |
20120287191 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSOR - Provided are an inkjet printing apparatus and inkjet printing method that can, regardless of an ejection frequency of a print head, stabilize density of an image expressed on a print medium. For this purpose, an ink concentration integrated value is obtained according to the ejection history of each nozzle so as to be increased by data indicating non-ejection of the nozzle or decreased by data indicating ejection. Then, image data on the target pixel is corrected such that density of the target pixel is further reduced as the pixel is subjected to printing by a nozzle having a higher ink concentration integrated value. | 11-15-2012 |
20120287193 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device using a print head ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles to print ink dots of a plurality of dot diameters, includes a print-characteristic acquisition unit obtaining print characteristic information on dot diameters of ink dots to be printed per each predetermined portion of the plurality of nozzles, a distribution ratio determination unit determining a distribution ratio for distributing image data to the predetermined portions of the plurality of nozzles based on the information, a dot print position determination unit quantizing the image data to determine a dot print position based on the image data and sizes and an array of thresholds; and a plurality of masks based on dot distribution order determined according to the distribution ratio, distributing printing of each of the ink dots of the plurality of dot diameters to the dot print position determined by the dot print position determination unit. | 11-15-2012 |
20120287194 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Adequate correction processing is performed on image data based on the degree of ink concentration that occurs even. An image processing apparatus having: acquisition unit for acquiring multi-value image data and a first parameter related to the degree of concentration of ink; first generation unit for generating corrected data by correcting the multi-value data that is to be printed for the first pixel based on the multi-value data that is to printed in the first pixel and a first parameter; and second generation unit for generating the first parameter and a second parameter that indicates the degree of ink concentration of the plurality of nozzles when printing a second pixel that is printed by the nozzles next to the first pixel. | 11-15-2012 |
20130250364 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for generating dot data to form an image by forming dots on a recording medium includes a receiving unit, a first, second, and third generating unit, and a correcting unit. The receiving unit receives first and second image data included in image data. The first generating unit generates, per the first image data, first ink color data representing a multi-valued signal value corresponding to an ink color. The second generating unit generates, per the second image data, second ink color data representing a multi-valued signal value corresponding to an ink color. The correcting unit corrects the signal value represented by the generated first and second ink color data. The third generating unit generates, per the first and second ink color data of which the signal values have been corrected, the dot data representing existence of formation of dots to form an image. | 09-26-2013 |
20140104335 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus including a print head including nozzle groups each having nozzles, each of the nozzle groups applying ink having a plurality of volumes from the nozzles to form dots including dots differing in size, including: an arrangement determination unit to determine an arrangement of dots to be formed by each of the nozzle groups; a size determination unit to determine sizes of ink ejected to print the dots determined by the arrangement determination unit, according to respective ejection characteristics of the nozzle groups, such that a print characteristic of an image based on the dot arrangement determined by the arrangement determination unit is within a predetermined range; and an ejection control unit to control the print head to eject ink having the plurality of sizes determined by the size determination unit in positions of a print medium based on the arrangement determined by the arrangement determination unit. | 04-17-2014 |
20150158291 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING PRINTING DATA - A printing apparatus, comprising a driving unit for driving a printhead including a plurality of nozzles each of which prints a dot, a conveying unit for conveying a printing medium, a memory and a unit, wherein the plurality of nozzles are arranged to form nozzle arrays adjacent to each other, the unit performs a first operation for developing printing data column by column on the memory, a second operation for assigning the printing data to each nozzle array, and a third operation for controlling the driving unit based on the assigned printing data, and, after the first operation and before the second operation, the unit specifies a portion of the printing data corresponding to a dot deviated from a correct printing region due to a tilt of the nozzle arrays and rearranges the portion. | 06-11-2015 |
20160096362 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - A printing apparatus comprising a printhead including two nozzle arrays neighboring in a first direction, each including nozzles arrayed along a second direction, a conveying unit for conveying a sheet in the first direction, a driving unit for driving the printhead so that each nozzle performs preliminary discharge on the sheet, and a unit configured to perform selecting some nozzles as non-driving nozzles and the remaining nozzles as driving nozzles for every column data in image data, determining image data to be assigned to each array as a first data so that a dot corresponding the non-driving nozzle in one of the two arrays is printed by the driving nozzle in the other, determining data for preliminary discharge as a second data so that each driving nozzle performs preliminary discharge, and ORing the first and second data. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096363 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - A printing apparatus comprising a printhead including two nozzle arrays neighboring in a first direction, each array including nozzles arrayed in a second direction, a determining unit for determining discharge nozzles and non-discharge nozzles for each array, a conveying unit for conveying a sheet to the first direction, a unit configured to perform (a) determining printing data such that dots corresponding to the non-discharge nozzles in one array are printed by the discharge nozzles in another array, (b) inserting null data into the printing data based on a shift amount of between printing positions of the two nozzle array, and (c) newly determining discharge nozzles and non-discharge nozzles by the determining unit based on the printing data including the null data. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096364 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND DRIVING CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTHEAD - A printing apparatus including a printhead and a print control unit, wherein the printhead includes two nozzle arrays, each arranged in a first direction and including nozzles arranged along a second direction, the print control unit performs a first operation of expanding print data onto a memory, a second operation of selecting, for each nozzle array, some of the nozzles as non-driving nozzles and the remaining nozzles as driving nozzles, and a third operation of distributing the expanded print data to the two nozzle arrays such that dots corresponding to the non-driving nozzles of one nozzle array are printed by the driving nozzles of the other nozzle array. | 04-07-2016 |
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20090237294 | WEIGHT CALCULATION METHOD, WEIGHT CALCULATION DEVICE, ADAPTIVE ARRAY ANTENNA, AND RADAR DEVICE - A received data storage situation is monitored, and a covariance matrix R | 09-24-2009 |
20100090897 | RADAR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING RECEPTION BEAM OF THE SAME - When an excitation signal is generated from an exciter due to an activation signal generated from a radar control device and is distributed to supply to each antenna sub-module, a combination reception signal is transmitted to a receiver from each antenna sub-module. The receiver takes in the combination reception signal obtained by each sub-module in response to an instruction from the radar control device, a frequency converter converts the combination reception signal into a prescribed frequency band, and a distributed aperture combination circuit performs a beam combination in accordance with a distributed aperture combination algorithm. In this way, a radar apparatus, which is equivalent to an active phased array radar of a large aperture and with high performance, is achieved. | 04-15-2010 |
20100265998 | ARRAY ANTENNA APPARATUS AND MICRO WAVE TRANSCEIVER MODULE - In a transceiver module, a micro wave analog signal interface is provided between the transceiver module and an antenna element, and all the signal interfaces except a power supply are digital signal interfaces, and the interfaces are configured as one chip on a semiconductor. An internal reference signal generates a local signal serving as a reference by multiplying a high frequency digital clock signal supplied from the outside, and simultaneously generates a reference signal capable of synchronous operation by a lower frequency digital clock signal supplied from the outside, in the clock generator. The frequency of the generated reference local signal can be varied by controlling the inner multiplication number or the frequency of the higher frequency digital clock signal supplied from the outside. In addition, both transmission and reception can be executed with an arbitrary frequency by varying the frequency of the transmission waveform generator. | 10-21-2010 |
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20120199893 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM INCLUDING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a solid-state image pickup device is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion portion disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film over the photoelectric conversion portion, functioning as an antireflection film, a second insulating film on the first insulating film, disposed corresponding to the photoelectric conversion portion, and a waveguide having a clad and a core whose bottom is disposed on the second insulating film. The method includes forming an opening by anisotropically etching part of a member disposed over the photoelectric conversion portion, thereby forming the clad, and forming the core in the opening. In the method, the etching is performed under conditions where the etching rate of the second insulating film is lower than the etching rate of the member. | 08-09-2012 |
20120298841 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Provided is a back-illuminated solid-state image pickup apparatus having an improved color separation characteristic. A photo detector includes a first photo detector unit and a second photo detector unit disposed deeper than the first photo detector unit with respect to a back surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the first photo detector unit includes a first-conductivity-type first semiconductor region where carriers generated through photo-electric conversion are collected as signal carriers. A readout portion includes a first-conductivity-type second semiconductor region extending in a depth direction such that the carriers collected in the first semiconductor region are read out to a front surface of the semiconductor substrate. A unit that reduces the amount of light incident on the second semiconductor region is provided. | 11-29-2012 |
20130314576 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A solid-state image sensor comprising a photoelectric conversion portion, a MOS transistor, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer whose refractive index is higher than that of the first insulating layer, and a light-guiding portion including a first portion and a second portion formed on the first portion, wherein an angle that the side face of the first portion makes with a plane parallel to a light-receiving face of the photoelectric conversion portion is smaller than an angle that a side face of the second portion makes with the parallel plane, and a boundary between the first portion and the second portion is positioned higher than an upper face of a gate electrode of the MOS transistor, and lower than a boundary between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. | 11-28-2013 |
20130334641 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND CAMERA - A method for manufacturing a solid-state image sensor having a pixel region, a peripheral circuit region, and an intermediate region interposed between the pixel region and the peripheral circuit region, includes forming a high melting point metal compound in active regions of the peripheral circuit region and the intermediate region, forming an etch stop film on the high melting point metal compound formed in the active regions of the peripheral circuit region and the intermediate region, forming an interlayer insulating film on the etch stop film, and forming, by using the etch stop film, a contact plug to contact the high melting point metal compound in the active region of the peripheral circuit region. | 12-19-2013 |
20140313384 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND CAMERA - A method for manufacturing a solid-state image sensor having a pixel region, a peripheral circuit region, and an intermediate region interposed between the pixel region and the peripheral circuit region, includes forming a high melting point metal compound in active regions of the peripheral circuit region and the intermediate region, forming an etch stop film on the high melting point metal compound formed in the active regions of the peripheral circuit region and the intermediate region, forming an interlayer insulating film on the etch stop film, and forming, by using the etch stop film, a contact plug to contact the high melting point metal compound in the active region of the peripheral circuit region. | 10-23-2014 |
20150179700 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM INCLUDING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a solid-state image pickup device is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion portion disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film over the photoelectric conversion portion, functioning as an antireflection film, a second insulating film on the first insulating film, disposed corresponding to the photoelectric conversion portion, and a waveguide having a clad and a core whose bottom is disposed on the second insulating film. The method includes forming an opening by anisotropically etching part of a member disposed over the photoelectric conversion portion, thereby forming the clad, and forming the core in the opening. In the method, the etching is performed under conditions where the etching rate of the second insulating film is lower than the etching rate of the member. | 06-25-2015 |
20150206913 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging device includes a light-sensing pixel region; a first pixel region; a second pixel region; a first wiring layer disposed above the light-sensing pixel region; and a second wiring layer disposed above the topmost wiring layer of the wiring layer disposed above the light-sensing pixel region, above the second pixel region. The first pixel region is disposed between the light-sensing pixel region and the second pixel region, adjacent to the light-sensing pixel region and the second pixel region, wherein the first pixel region overlaps, in plan view, a first shielding portion included in the first wiring layer. The second pixel region overlaps, in plan view, a second shielding portion included in the second wiring layer. An electroconductive pattern is formed at the first wiring layer at a position overlapping the second pixel region in plan view. | 07-23-2015 |
20160104728 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Provided is a back-illuminated solid-state image pickup apparatus having an improved color separation characteristic. A photo detector includes a first photo detector unit and a second photo detector unit disposed deeper than the first photo detector unit with respect to a back surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the first photo detector unit includes a first-conductivity-type first semiconductor region where carriers generated through photo-electric conversion are collected as signal carriers. A readout portion includes a first-conductivity-type second semiconductor region extending in a depth direction such that the carriers collected in the first semiconductor region are read out to a front surface of the semiconductor substrate. A unit that reduces the amount of light incident on the second semiconductor region is provided. | 04-14-2016 |
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20130057928 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit that, after reading an image of a first side of a first document and an image of a first side of a second document, reads an image of a second side of the first document and an image of a second side of the second document, and an output unit configured to output the image of the first side of the first document read by the reading unit, store the image of the second side of the first document read by the reading unit in a storage unit, and after outputting the image of the first side of the second document read by the reading unit, output the image of the second side of the first document stored in the storage unit, and output the image of the second side of the second document read by the reading unit. | 03-07-2013 |
20130132336 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THAT IMPROVES USABILITY OF ADDRESS BOOKS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus which is capable of improving usability of address books provided for respective ones of a plurality of users. When a destination included in the address books has been updated by any user among the plurality of users, a process result indicating that the destination has been updated, and descriptions of a process determined according to the process result are stored in association with and in conjunction with the destination in a storage device. The process corresponding to the destination is carried out on address books of users different from the user who has updated the destination, the address books including the destination stored in the storage device. | 05-23-2013 |
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20120306669 | VARIABLE-LENGTH CODE DECODING APPARATUS, DECODING SYSTEM, AND VARIABLE-LENGTH CODE DECODING METHOD - A variable-length code decoding apparatus has a first-table storing part to store a first table, a second-table storing part to store a second table, a priority determining part to read out by priority a combination of zero information that is stored in the second table and corresponds a combination of variable-length codes having the largest number of codes, whereas if variable-length codes included in the input bitstream is not stored in the second table but stored in the first table, to read out zero information, and a decoding part to generate the decoded data based on the zero information or the combination of zero information read out by the priority determining part. | 12-06-2012 |
20140285681 | MULTI-VIEW IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SENDING IMAGE DATA - A multi-view imaging apparatus of an embodiment includes a plurality of imaging units each including an image sensor and a memory configured to store therein image data taken by the image sensor, the imaging units being daisy-chain connected to each other in order to send the image data, and also includes an interface unit connected to a lowermost imaging unit, the interface unit being configured to output pieces of image data taken by the plurality of imaging units to an outside. The imaging units each add own-stage data to data outputted from an upper-stage imaging unit, and output the resultant data to a lower-stage imaging unit. | 09-25-2014 |
20140334541 | VIDEO COMPRESSION DEVICE - With a video compression device configured to compress one pixel per cycle, a predictive pixel generation unit generates predictive pixel values of a plurality of predictive modes defined assuming local decode pixels read from predetermined positions of a line memory as upper reference pixels and an input original image pixel positioned on the left side of a pixel to be compressed as a left reference pixel for the pixel to be compressed. A predictive mode determination unit calculates a predictive error in a unit based on differential values between the pixel value to be compressed and the predictive pixel value, and selects a minimum predictive mode. A DPCM unit generates a minimum differential value between the minimum predictive pixel value and the pixel to be compressed assuming local decode pixels as upper reference pixels and a local decode pixel value one cycle before as a left reference pixel. | 11-13-2014 |
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20130067301 | ELECTRONIC FILE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display device notifies a server device of identification information for specifying an electronic file to be displayed. The server device specifies the electronic file and page information based on the notified identification information to transmit the electronic file and the page information to the display device. The display device displays, as an initial screen, a specified page of the received electronic file based on the received electronic file and page information. | 03-14-2013 |
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20090291478 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN L-AMINO ACID - An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family which has an L-amino acid-producing ability in a medium containing fatty acids as the carbon source, particularly fatty acids which have been subjected to emulsification or homogenization, to thereby produce and accumulate the L-amino acid in a culture medium; and collecting the L-amino acid from the culture medium. | 11-26-2009 |
20110014663 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN L-AMINO ACID - An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a bacterium having an L-amino acid-producing ability in a medium containing a processed product of a microalga which promotes production and accumulation of the L-amino acid by the bacterium. The process product is produced by disrupting the culture of the microalga, and/or extracting the culture of the microalga, or fractionating the culture of the microalga or the disrupted culture. The processed product contains a mixture of organic substances produced by the microalga, a hydrolysate of the disrupted microalga culture, and/or an extract or fractionation product of the microalga culture. The processed product can also contain a saccarification product of starch or a hydrolysate of fats and oils. The bacterium is cultured to produce and accumulate the L-amino acid in culture, and the L-amino acid is collected from the culture. | 01-20-2011 |
20120202255 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN L-AMINO ACID - A method for producing an L-amino acid by preparing a processed product of a microalgae, which promotes production and accumulation of the L-amino acid by a bacterium having an ability to produce the L-amino acid, by culturing the microalgae in a medium, and processing the resulting culture at a midtemperature; culturing the bacterium in a medium containing the processed product of the microalgae to produce and accumulate the L-amino acid in culture; and collecting the L-amino acid from the culture. | 08-09-2012 |
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20110188878 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus needs to control an output voltage to a target voltage for a short time. A power supply apparatus of the present invention detects voltages output from a piezoelectric transformer. The power supply apparatus also detects peak values in a plurality of detected voltages according to a plurality of frequencies of pulse signals for the piezoelectric transformer, and identifies a frequency corresponding to the highest peak value, and a frequency corresponding to a next peak value next to and on a higher- or lower-frequency side of the frequency corresponding to the highest peak value. Moreover, the power supply apparatus sets an initial frequency used when starting to control the output voltage of the piezoelectric transformer to the target voltage, within a frequency range between the two identified frequencies. | 08-04-2011 |
20130004188 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus which includes a color detection unit that emits a light to a color material and a reference plate on a printing material and detects the reflected light and corrects an amount of the color material upon image forming based on a detection result, comprises: a storage unit that stores, in advance, the detection result of each of the color material and the reference plate detected; and a blot detection unit that estimates the detection result for the reference plate based on a relationship between a stored reference value of each of the color material and the reference plate and the detection result of the color material, and if a difference between the estimated detection result and the detection result of the reference plate is larger than a predetermined value, detects presence of a blot. | 01-03-2013 |
20150163370 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - This invention improves the image processing speed by implementing efficient access to a buffer memory while suppressing the access count. For this purpose, when transferring ith partial image data obtained from a first signal processing unit to a buffer memory, a data-transfer controlling unit transfers data out of the ith partial image data except the data of a region overlapping an immediately preceding (i−1)th partial image data to the buffer memory, and transfers the ith partial image data including the data of the overlap region to a subsequent second signal processing unit. | 06-11-2015 |
20150181118 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - This invention makes it possible to increase the image processing speed and reduce the power consumption at the same time by controlling power supply to each processing circuit with a simple control arrangement. To achieve this, when displaying or recording a captured image, a plurality of processing circuits are allowed to equally access a DRAM. When a captured image is displayed to be confirmed in a non-recording mode, power is supplied to an image developing unit with high power consumption in one of two sections obtained by dividing a display frame interval so as to concentrate memory access in the section, and power supply to the image developing unit is stopped upon the end of processing. | 06-25-2015 |
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20130214131 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS - In a photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion unit, a first holding unit configured to hold electric charge, a second holding unit configured to hold electric charge, a first transfer unit configured to connect the photoelectric conversion unit and the first holding unit, a second transfer unit configured to connect the first holding unit and the second holding unit, and a third transfer unit configured to connect the photoelectric conversion unit and a power supply, a first operation mode and a second operation mode are selectively executed. | 08-22-2013 |
20130229543 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD - An imaging apparatus, driving method of the imaging apparatus, and an imaging system, are provided, wherein pixels output at least two image signals with different viable signal ranges, and the pixel signal with a larger signal range is converted to a digital signal during a first period, and the pixel signal with a smaller signal range is converted to a digital signal during a second period shorter than the first period. | 09-05-2013 |
20130229555 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD, AND IMAGING SYSTEM DRIVING METHOD - Pixels output a first signal based on signal charge of a part of photoelectric conversion units of multiple photoelectric conversion units, and a second signal based on signal charge of multiple photoelectric conversion units. An imaging apparatus outputs signals based on the first signals and signals based on the second signals by reducing the number of signals based on the first signals as compared to the number of signals based on the second signals. | 09-05-2013 |
20130229557 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of comparators. At least two analog signal outputs from a pixel are input to the plurality of comparators, and the plurality of comparators perform comparison operations in an overlapped period. | 09-05-2013 |
20130258131 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - When a level of a signal output from a pixel is higher than a comparison level, the signal output from the pixel is converted into a digital signal during a first period by using a first reference signal. If the level of the signal output from the pixel is lower than the comparison level, the signal output from the pixel is converted into a digital signal during a second period that is longer than the first period by using a second reference signal. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258132 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels provided in a plurality of columns, a plurality of analog-to-digital conversion units each provided for a corresponding one of the plurality of columns, and a correction unit. Each of the plurality of analog-to-digital conversion units is configured to convert a signal of a corresponding one of the plurality of pixels into a digital signal at a resolution corresponding to a magnitude of the signal. The correction unit is configured to correct a difference in the resolution. | 10-03-2013 |
20130271633 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An AD converting unit compares an output signal from an amplifier circuit after reset of a pixel with a reference signal of time-variable, outputs a first digital value, when the output signal from the amplifier circuit in a non-reset state of the pixel is larger than a threshold, sets a gain of the amplifier circuit to a first gain, when the output signal is smaller than the threshold, sets the gain of the amplifier circuit to a second gain larger than the first gain, further after the gain of the amplifier circuit was set to the first or second gain, compares the output signal from the amplifier circuit in the non-reset state of the pixel with the reference signal of time-variable, and outputs a second digital value. When resolutions of the first and second digital values differ, a correcting unit corrects a difference between the resolutions. | 10-17-2013 |
20140184844 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND DRIVING METHOD OF PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion device includes analog signal output units including pixels and configured to output analog signals based on pixels, and signal processing units. Each of the signal processing units is provided correspondingly to one of the analog signal output units and includes a gain application unit configured to apply a gain to an analog signal and an AD conversion unit. The gain application unit selectively outputs a first amplified signal obtained by applying a first gain of 1 or less to the analog signal or a second amplified signal obtained by applying a second gain, smaller than the first gain, to the analog signal. The AD conversion unit converts, from analog to digital, the first or second amplified signal output from the gain application unit. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184865 | Photoelectric Conversion Device, Image Pickup System, and Driving Method Of Photoelectric Conversion Device - A photoelectric conversion device includes analog signal output units including pixels and configured to output analog signals based on pixels, and signal processing units. Each of the signal processing units is provided correspondingly to one of the analog signal output units and including a gain application unit configured to apply a gain to an analog signal by using only passive elements and an AD conversion unit. In the gain application unit, a portion that contributes to application of a gain to the analog signal is constituted only of passive elements. The gain application unit selectively outputs a first amplified signal obtained by applying a first gain to the analog signal or a second amplified signal obtained by applying a second gain to the analog signal smaller than the first gain. The AD conversion unit converts, from analog to digital, the first or second amplified signal. | 07-03-2014 |
20150021464 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - When a level of a signal output from a pixel is higher than a comparison level, the signal output from the pixel is converted into a digital signal during a first period by using a first reference signal. If the level of the signal output from the pixel is lower than the comparison level, the signal output from the pixel is converted into a digital signal during a second period that is longer than the first period by using a second reference signal. | 01-22-2015 |
20150222831 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An AD converting unit compares an output signal from an amplifier circuit after reset of a pixel with a reference signal of time-variable, outputs a first digital value, when the output signal from the amplifier circuit in a non-reset state of the pixel is larger than a threshold, sets a gain of the amplifier circuit to a first gain, when the output signal is smaller than the threshold, sets the gain of the amplifier circuit to a second gain larger than the first gain, further after the gain of the amplifier circuit was set to the first or second gain, compares the output signal from the amplifier circuit in the non-reset state of the pixel with the reference signal of time-variable, and outputs a second digital value. When resolutions of the first and second digital values differ, a correcting unit corrects a difference between the resolutions. | 08-06-2015 |
20160080678 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD, AND IMAGING SYSTEM DRIVING METHOD - Pixels output a first signal based on signal charge of a part of photoelectric conversion units of multiple photoelectric conversion units, and a second signal based on signal charge of multiple photoelectric conversion units. An imaging apparatus outputs signals based on the first signals and signals based on the second signals by reducing the number of signals based on the first signals as compared to the number of signals based on the second signals. | 03-17-2016 |
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20100081243 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes forming a gate oxide film on an SiC region by a first thermal oxidation treatment in a first oxidizing atmosphere, performing a second thermal oxidation treatment at an oxidation speed of at most 5 nm/hour in a second oxidizing atmosphere having a lower oxygen concentration than the first oxidizing atmosphere, to increase film thickness of the gate oxide film, after the first thermal oxidation treatment, and forming a gate electrode on the gate oxide film with the increased film thickness. | 04-01-2010 |
20100308343 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to the embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an SiC substrate of a first or second conductivity type. An SiC layer of the first conductivity type is formed on a front surface of the substrate, a first SiC region of the second conductivity type is formed on the SiC layer, a second SiC region of the first conductivity type is formed within a surface of the first SiC region, a gate dielectric is continuously formed on the SiC layer, the second SiC region, and the surface of the first SiC region interposed between the SiC layer and the second SiC region, a gate electrode is formed on the gate dielectric, a first electrode is embedded in a trench selectively formed in a part where the first SiC region adjoins the second SiC region, and a second electrode is formed on a back surface of the substrate. | 12-09-2010 |
20140123935 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL DEVICE AND FUEL INJECTION CONTROL METHOD - A fuel injection control device of an in-cylinder direct injection spark ignition-type internal combustion engine | 05-08-2014 |
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20090019837 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR ENGINE - An exhaust purification device for an engine comprises a catalytic device for purifying exhaust by using an additive, a deflecting device for allowing the exhaust to flow through and causing the exhaust to be agitated, upstream of the catalytic device, an additive injection device for injecting an additive, downstream of the deflecting device, a temperature detection device for detecting exhaust temperature, downstream of the deflecting device, and a control unit for controlling the additive injection device on the basis of the exhaust temperature detected by the temperature detection device. The temperature detection device has a temperature detection part located within a region where the exhaust having passed through the deflecting device has increased velocity. | 01-22-2009 |
20090019842 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR ENGINE - An exhaust purification device for an engine comprises a catalyst device that purifies the exhaust gas of the engine by using an additive; a venturi-shaped mixing chamber that is disposed upstream from the catalyst device and extends from a taper portion with a diameter tapering downstream to continue to a constricted portion with a minimum diameter and then to a flared portion with a diameter that is increased in the downstream direction; a swirl-generating device that is disposed in vicinity of a most upstream section of the taper portion of the mixing chamber and generates a swirling flow in the exhaust gas; and an additive-injection device that is disposed upstream from the constricted portion of the mixing chamber and downstream from the swirl-generating device, and injects the additive into the mixing chamber. | 01-22-2009 |
20090100825 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - An exhaust purification apparatus comprises an ammonia selective reduction-type NOx catalyst that selectively reduces NOx within exhaust gas by using ammonia as a reducing agent, a urea-water supply device that supplies urea-water into the exhaust gas existing upstream of the ammonia selective reduction-type NOx catalyst, and a control unit. The control unit controls the urea-water supply device so that the urea-water is intermittently supplied according to predetermined supply duration time and predetermined supply suspension time when the urea-water is supplied from the urea-water supply device for the purpose of providing ammonia to the ammonia selective reduction-type NOx catalyst. | 04-23-2009 |
20090100827 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas purification apparatus includes a venturi constituting part of an exhaust pipe and formed by joining two axially divided parts together, and a reducing agent supply device for injecting an aqueous urea solution into the exhaust pipe. The venturi is positioned such that joints thereof are located to the right and left, respectively, of the center of a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the venturi. | 04-23-2009 |
20090165447 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR ENGINE - An agitating device for agitating the exhaust gas of an engine includes a base plate having a plurality of through holes that are defined by radially extending spoke portions and a ring-like rim portion and are arranged in a circular pattern in a circumferential direction of the base plate, and a plurality of fins expanding from the respective spokes on a slant with respect to the base plate. The base plate is fixed in the exhaust passage by the rim portion being jointed to the exhaust passage at welded portions. The welded portions are each disposed in an area between respective two adjacent spoke portions in the circumferential direction of the base plate, and an outer edge of the rim portion positioned on the outer side of the rim portion in extending directions of the spoke portions is located next to the exhaust passage with a gap provided therebetween. | 07-02-2009 |
20110088375 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Disclosed is an exhaust purification device for an internal combustion engine provided with a venturi-shaped mixing chamber ( | 04-21-2011 |