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20100243163 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus for carrying a substrate W in a standing position and performing a predetermined process to the substrate W, including: a plurality of substrate processing chambers; and a common carrying delivery chamber for carrying a substrate to each of the substrate processing chambers, where: at least one of the substrate processing chambers is provided above or below the common carrying delivery chamber; and a substrate passage opening through which the substrate W can pass is provided at the boundaries between the processing chambers and the carrying chamber. | 09-30-2010 |
20100263797 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention aims at providing a plasma processing apparatus for performing a plasma processing on a planar substrate body to be processed, the apparatus being capable of generating the plasma with good uniformity and efficiently using the plasma, and having a high productivity. That is, the plasma processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a vacuum chamber; one or plural antenna supporters (plasma generator supporters) projecting into the internal space of the vacuum chamber; radio-frequency antennas (plasma generators) attached to each antenna supporter; and a pair of substrate body holders provided across the antenna supporter in the vacuum chamber, for holding a planar substrate body to be processed. | 10-21-2010 |
20100272550 | SUBSTRATE HOLDING MECHANISM, SUBSTRATE DELIVERING/RECEIVING MECHANISM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a substrate holding mechanism capable of assuredly holding a substrate and delivering/receiving it: a substrate holding mechanism including a substrate holding unit for holding a rectangular substrate, comprising: a plurality of substrate holding rollers provided at positions corresponding to two opposite sides of the substrate on the substrate holding unit and pivotally supported by the substrate holding unit; and a roller driver for rotating the substrate holding rollers, wherein: the substrate holding roller comprises a cylinder part and a holding flange provided along a portion of a circumference of each end of the cylinder part; and each of the substrate holding rollers is rotated by the roller driver so that a state of holding edges of the substrate by the holding flange and a state of releasing the edges can be switched in accordance with a rotation angle of the substrate holding rollers. | 10-28-2010 |
20110220026 | PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE - A plasma processing device according to the present invention includes a plasma processing chamber consisting of a vacuum container, a pair of substrate holders standing opposite each other in the plasma processing chamber, a plurality of first reaction gas tubes provided between the two substrate holders, and a plurality of second reaction gas tubes provided between the plurality of first reaction gas tubes and each of the two substrate holders. The first reaction gas tubes, which are made of an electrically conductive material, are electrically connected to a first radio-frequency power source or second radio-frequency power source. The first reaction gas tubes double as a radio-frequency antenna, while the second reaction gas tubes double as an electrode. | 09-15-2011 |
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20080204946 | MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE - A magnetoresistance effect element having a free magnetic layer is provided. The free magnetic layer is formed in a laminate including a fixed magnetization layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a non-magnetic layer formed on the fixed magnetization layer, a first ferromagnetic layer, a non-magnetic metallic layer formed on the first ferromagnetic layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer formed on the non-magnetic metallic layer. The free magnetic layer includes magnetic recording regions, and in each region, the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer are coupled such that their magnetization directions are anti-parallel with each other, and one of the magnetic recording regions is opposite to the fixed magnetization layer with the non-magnetic layer therebetween. | 08-28-2008 |
20090323406 | MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMORY ELEMENT - A magnetic memory element includes an impurity element, and magnetic thin lines to which the impurity element is added to adjust the movement of a magnetic domain wall in a magnetic field. Applying a voltage to the magnetic thin lines controls a position of the magnetic domain wall to invert a magnetization direction of a magnetic recording layer adjacent to the magnetic domain wall, by which information is recorded. | 12-31-2009 |
20100054033 | MAGNETIC THIN LINE AND MEMORY DEVICE - A magnetic thin line includes a first magnetic film having in-plane magnetic anisotropy and a second magnetic film that is magnetically coupled to the first magnetic film and has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. With the coupling of the first magnetic film and the second magnetic film, magnetic wall width of the first magnetic film is lower than a case where the first magnetic film is not magnetically coupled to the second magnetic film. | 03-04-2010 |
20100061135 | MAGNETIC WIRE UNIT AND STORAGE DEVICE - A magnetic wire unit for storing information thereon includes a magnetic wire containing a material having an axis of easy magnetization, and extending in a first direction, the axis being switchable between the first direction and the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the magnetic wire being capable of holding a plurality of magnetic domains representing information. The magnetic wire unit includes a current supply unit for applying an electric current to the magnetic wire so as to move magnetic domain walls defining the magnetic domains in the magnetic wire. | 03-11-2010 |
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20090104995 | NETWORK GAME SYSTEM, GAME MACHINE, GAME MACHINE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a network game system for enabling the player of a game to immediately find out, when a moving object, such as a bullet object or the like, contacts another object in a virtual space, from where the moving object came, by looking at the game screen image. Each of the game machines comprises a contact determination unit for determining whether or not the moving object contacts another object ( | 04-23-2009 |
20090118010 | NETWORK GAME SYSTEM, NETWORK GAME SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, GAME MACHINE, GAME MACHINE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a network game system for sharing, among a plurality of game machines, the positions and postures of objects associated with the game machines, while suppressing an increase in traffic in the communication network. Each of the game machines comprises a first base position selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of base positions; a first base position transmission unit for transmitting the base position selected by the first base position selection unit to another game machine; a first base position receiving unit for receiving the base position transmitted by the first base position transmission unit from another game machine ( | 05-07-2009 |
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20110057625 | CHARGE CONTROLLER - A charge controller includes a power supply circuit and a battery charge circuit. The power supply circuit converts the input voltage into an output voltage for supply to the load at the output terminal. The power supply circuit includes an output current detection circuit and an output current limiting circuit. The output current detection circuit detects an output current supplied through the power supply circuit. The output current limiting circuit limits the output current below a maximum output current limit. The battery charge circuit derives power from the power supply circuit to charge a secondary battery. The battery charge circuit includes a charge current detection circuit and a charge current setting circuit. The charge current detection circuit detects a charge current supplied to the secondary battery. The charge current setting circuit regulates the charge current to a set current value. | 03-10-2011 |
20110095729 | CHARGING CIRCUIT AND CHARGING METHOD - A charging circuit that simultaneously charges a battery with an electrical current supplied from an external power source and supplies the electrical current supplied from the external power source to a load includes a power supply circuit to supply an electrical current from the battery to the load when a load current required by the load is greater than a maximum supply current of the external power source, a detector to detect a voltage of the battery, and a controller to control power supply to the load as well as charging the battery. When the detected voltage of the battery is lower than the predetermined threshold, the controller stops supplying the electrical current from the battery to the load and charges the battery with the electrical current supplied from the external power source. | 04-28-2011 |
20110181348 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT AND ANALOG CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - A reference voltage generating circuit includes a first power supply, a second power supply, a first variable resistance circuit having one end connected to the first power supply and configured to be capable of adjusting a resistance value of the first variable resistance circuit, a series resistance circuit having at least one resistance and one end connected to the first variable resistance circuit, a second variable resistance circuit having one end connected to the series resistance circuit and the other end connected to the second power supply, and configured to be capable of adjusting a resistance value of the second variable resistance circuit, a first terminal arranged between the first variable resistance circuit and the series resistance circuit, a second terminal arranged between the series resistance circuit and the second variable resistance circuit, and a voltage selecting circuit configured to select one of a voltage of the first terminal and a voltage of the second terminal, and output the selected voltage as a reference voltage. | 07-28-2011 |
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20080224282 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - A technique for preventing cracks and residual resin on a semiconductor chip in a molding process in the assembly of semiconductor devices is provided. A distance from a bottom surface of a cavity of a lower mold die to a ceiling surface of a cavity of an upper mold die of a resin molding die is made same as or smaller than a distance from a lower surface of a die pad to an upper surface of a plate terminal, and an U-shape elastic body is arranged on semiconductor elements between the plate terminal and the die pad, thereby mitigating a load due to a clamp pressure of mold dies in the molding process by an elastic deformation of the elastic body. Consequently, a load applied on the semiconductor devices is reduced, thereby preventing formation of cracks on the semiconductor elements. | 09-18-2008 |
20100181628 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Prevention of disconnection of a bonding wire resulting from adhesive interface delamination between a resin and a leadframe, and improvement of joint strength of the resin and the leadframe are achieved in a device manufactured by a low-cost and simple processing. A boss is provided on a source lead by a stamping processing, and a support pillar is provided in a concave portion on a rear side of the source lead in order to prevent ultrasonic damping upon joining the bonding wire onto the boss, so that an insufficiency of the joint strength between the bonding wire and the source lead is prevented. Also, a continuous bump is provided on the boss so as to surround a joint portion between the source lead and the bonding wire, so that disconnection of the bonding wire resulting from delamination between the resin and the source lead is prevented. | 07-22-2010 |
20110215400 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To improve the performance and reliability of semiconductor devices. For the semiconductor chip CP | 09-08-2011 |
20130043576 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To improve the performance and reliability of semiconductor devices. For the semiconductor chip CP | 02-21-2013 |
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20080228375 | SPARK IGNITION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A spark-ignition type internal combustion engine, including a main tank for storing a to-be-determined fuel having an unknown self-ignition property, an auxiliary tank for accumulating a reference fuel having a known self-ignition property, and a controller. The controller is programmed to supply to a combustion chamber a blended fuel prepared by blending the to-be-determined fuel and the reference fuel at a predetermined ratio, measure a self-ignition property of the blended fuel, and determine the unknown self-ignition property of the to-be-determined fuel based on the measured self-ignition property of the blended fuel, the known self-ignition property of the reference fuel and the ratio of the blended fuel. The controller is also programmed to introduce the to-be-determined fuel after the determination from the main tank to the auxiliary tank, and store the to-be-determined fuel in the auxiliary tank such that the to-be-determined fuel serves as a next reference fuel having a known self-ignition property. | 09-18-2008 |
20080236546 | COMBUSTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an embodiment, the invention provides an internal combustion engine, including a first fuel injector that supplies a first fuel to a first predetermined region in a combustion chamber, and a second fuel injector that supplies a second fuel to a second predetermined region in the combustion chamber. The second fuel has an octane number that is different than an octane number of the first fuel, and the second predetermined region is different from the first predetermined region. An ignition device is configured to start ignition of one of the first and second fuels based on an ignition signal. An operation condition detector detects at least one engine operating condition. A controller is configured to provide the ignition signal to the ignition device and to determine which one of the first and second fuels to ignite by the ignition device based on the engine operation condition. | 10-02-2008 |
20080257304 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND COMBUSTION METHOD OF THE SAME - An internal combustion engine, including a premixed mixture formation device that forms a premixed mixture of fuel and air in a combustion chamber, a fuel gas supply device that injects fuel gas directly into the combustion chamber, and an ignition device that ignites the fuel gas. The fuel gas supply device is configured to inject the fuel gas into the premixed mixture near a top dead center of a compression stroke such that a spray of the fuel gas passes through a firing position of the ignition device, to produce the spray of the fuel gas in a predetermined area substantially extending from one end of a cylinder bore to the other end as viewed in a cylinder-bore direction defined by a centerline of the cylinder bore. The ignition device is configured to directly ignite the spray of the fuel gas and to ignite and burn the premixed mixture by way of flame propagation along the spray of the fuel gas. | 10-23-2008 |
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20110209827 | AUTOMATIC MATCHING UNIT AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an automatic matching unit, a controller includes a first and a second matching algorithm. The operating point Z | 09-01-2011 |
20110214811 | AUTOMATIC MATCHING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AUTOMATIC MATCHING UNIT, AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A controller | 09-08-2011 |
20120061384 | MICROWAVE IRRADIATION DEVICE AND MICROWAVE IRRADIATION METHOD - A microwave irradiation device includes a chamber for accommodating an object to be processed; a plurality of magnetrons for generating microwaves and irradiating the microwaves to the object to be processed in the chamber; and a power supply unit for supplying a pulse-shaped voltage to each magnetron. The power supply unit supplies the pulse-shaped voltage to the magnetrons while preventing temporal overlap of voltage pulses of the pulse-shaped voltage supplied to the respective magnetrons with each other. | 03-15-2012 |
20120211486 | MICROWAVE IRRADIATION APPARATUS - There is provided a microwave irradiation apparatus capable of independently controlling a temperature of a target object while irradiating microwave to the target object. The microwave irradiation apparatus | 08-23-2012 |
20130062341 | MICROWAVE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A microwave processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a microwave introducing unit for generating microwaves and introducing the microwaves into the chamber; and a control unit for controlling the microwave introducing unit. The microwave introducing unit has microwave sources for generating the microwaves and transmission lines for transmitting the microwaves into the chamber and introduces parts of the microwaves into the chamber simultaneously, and the control unit switches a first state of introducing said parts of the microwaves into the chamber to a second state of generating a microwave by one of the microwave sources and introducing into the chamber. | 03-14-2013 |
20130075389 | MICROWAVE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OBJECT TO BE PROCESSED - A microwave processing apparatus includes a processing chamber which accommodates an object; a microwave introducing unit for generating microwaves used to process the object and introducing the microwaves into the processing chamber; and a control unit for controlling the microwave introducing unit. The microwave introducing unit includes microwave sources to generate the microwaves and introduces parts of the microwaves into the processing chamber simultaneously, and the control unit controls the microwave sources such that arbitrary combinations of the microwave sources alternately repeat a simultaneous microwave generating state and a microwave non-generating state during a state of processing the object. | 03-28-2013 |
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20100117161 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE THAT DEGRADES LEAK CURRENT OF A TRANSISTOR - A semiconductor device, has a main transistor that is a first-conductivity-type MOS transistor and has the drain connected to a first potential; a first switch circuit that is connected between the source of said main transistor and a second potential; a dummy transistor that is a first-conductivity-type MOS transistor whose source serves also as the source of said main transistor; and a second switch circuit that is connected between the drain of said dummy transistor and said first potential or said second potential. | 05-13-2010 |
20110210788 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM - A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising a linearizer that has a plurality of switchable first gain characteristics, the linearizer switching to the first gain characteristic to generate an intermediate signal from an input signal by using the switched first gain characteristic, and outputting the intermediate signal to a circuit having a second gain characteristic, wherein the linearizer includes: a linearization unit that has at least one of first rectifier, and linearizes the input signal; and a linearization reducing unit that has a plurality of second rectifiers having polarity opposite to polarity of the first rectifier and a first switching unit selecting at least one of the second rectifiers based on a control signal, the linearization reducing unit being connected in parallel to the linearization unit and reducing linearization of the input signal by the linearization unit. | 09-01-2011 |
20120243583 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to an embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes an amplifier, an interference wave suppression unit, a coupler and a filter control circuit. The interference wave suppression unit includes a filter being controlled to be on or off. The filter is configured to suppress an interference wave component of an amplified signal to output the signal as an output signal when the filter is on. The coupler is configured to detect an input signal or the output signal. The filter control circuit controls the filter to be on when a signal level of a detection input signal or a detection output signal detected by the coupler is greater than or equal to a reference value, and controls the filter to be off when the signal level is smaller than the reference value, at arbitrary determination timing in a period of time between a transmission and a reception. | 09-27-2012 |
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20110062539 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a semiconductor device in which the deterioration of the rewrite property is suppressed. In a memory cell region, magnetoresistive elements in a semiconductor magnetic-storage device are formed in an array shape in a mode that the magnetoresistive elements are arranged at portions where digit lines extending in one direction intersect bit lines extending in the direction approximately orthogonal to the digit lines. The digit line and the bit line have such a wiring structure constituted by covering a copper film to be a wiring main body with a cladding layer. One end side of the magnetoresistive element is electrically coupled to the bit line via a top via formed from a non-magnetic material. | 03-17-2011 |
20120069638 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device which it can accommodate variations in a write current threshold in each memory cell and can secure a write margin is provided. An MRAM device includes an MTJ memory cell arranged in a matrix, plural bit lines each arranged corresponding to a memory cell column, plural digit lines each arranged corresponding to a memory cell row, and a write current adjusting unit which adjusts a current amount of a write current to be flowed through a bit line and/or a digit line, in order to perform a data write to each MTJ memory cell normally. The write current adjusting unit divides the plural bit lines and/or the plural digit lines into units of at least one write current line as division units, and includes plural write current adjusting circuits which adjust the current amount of write current in each of the division units. | 03-22-2012 |
20130343113 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device in which noise is reduced without an increase in chip area. The device is used as an MRAM in which a memory mat is formed on a silicon substrate surface and the central area of the memory mat is used as a memory array and the area around the memory array is used as a dummy memory array. In the dummy memory array, a capacitor is formed between each bit line, each digit line and a supply voltage line, and a grounding voltage line. Therefore the peak value of a current flowing in each of the bit lines, digit lines and supply voltage line is decreased. | 12-26-2013 |
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20100015877 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method for producing a plasma display panel, the method comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a front panel and a rear panel, the front panel being a panel wherein an electrode A, a dielectric layer A and a protective layer are formed on a substrate A, and the rear panel being a panel wherein an electrode B, a dielectric layer B, a partition wall and a phosphor layer are formed on a substrate B; (ii) applying a glass frit material onto a peripheral region of the substrate A or B, and then opposing the front and rear panels with each other such that the glass frit material is interposed therebetween; (iii) supplying a gas into a space formed between the opposed front and rear panels from a direction lateral to the opposed front and rear panels, under such a condition that the front and rear panels are heated; and (iv) melting the glass frit material to cause the front and rear panels to be sealed. | 01-21-2010 |
20110171871 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method for producing a plasma display panel includes: (i) providing a front panel and a rear panel, the front panel being a panel wherein an electrode A, a dielectric layer A and a protective layer are formed on a substrate A, and the rear panel being a panel wherein an electrode B, a dielectric layer B, a barrier rib and a phosphor layer are formed on a substrate B; (ii) supplying a glass frit material onto a peripheral region of the substrate A or B to form a glass frit sealing member; (iii) opposing the front and rear panels with each other such that the glass frit sealing member is interposed therebetween; and (iv) heating the opposed front and rear panels to reach a softening point of the glass frit sealing member or a higher temperature than the softening point, while supplying a cleaning gas into a space formed between the opposed front and rear panels. Prior to the heating of step (iv), a gas is introduced into a space formed between the opposed front and rear panels, or a gas is exhausted from a space formed between the opposed front and rear panels. | 07-14-2011 |
20110279030 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A front plate and a back plate are superposed with each other in parallel, and pressed onto each other. Moreover, the back plate and a gas-blowing jig are brought into close contact with each other. The glass pipe in which a glass fiber filter paper is placed is pressed onto the back plate, with a solid-state glass frit ring interposed therebetween. Thus, by using a glass pipe, a nitrogen, Xe, or Ne gas is supplied into the panel, or the inside of the panel is evacuated. | 11-17-2011 |
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20110141409 | POLARIZER, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF - The present invention provides a polarizer and a display device, which can be easily produced and made thinner, and production methods thereof. The polarizer of the present invention relates to a polarizer including a polarizing film, wherein the polarizer further includes: a first adhesion layer which is formed of a cured adhesive and is laminated on one of main faces of the polarizing film, and a first protective layer which is laminated on a main face of the first adhesion layer on the side opposite to the polarizing film and has easy peelability at least in the main face thereof at the side of the first adhesion layer. | 06-16-2011 |
20120162581 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device exhibiting an excellent gray scale inversion characteristic in a state where a color close to black is displayed. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a first polarizer, a second polarizer disposed to face the first polarizer, a liquid crystal display panel provided between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, and a first phase plate and a second phase plate provided between the first or second polarizer and the liquid crystal display panel. In the liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal display panel has a pair of substrates disposed to face each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal layer includes a homogeneously aligned liquid crystal molecule, the first phase plate includes a liquid crystal film, the liquid crystal film is formed by being set in a state where a nematic liquid crystal is hybrid-aligned, and a specific phase difference as a phase difference in a perpendicular direction of a member which is present between the first and second polarizers, excluding the liquid crystal layer and the first phase plate, is 120 nm or more. | 06-28-2012 |
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20090247897 | BODY COMPOSITION MEASURING APPARATUS - A body composition measuring apparatus includes a right hand grip having electrodes to be contacted with the right hand of a subject, and a left hand grip having electrodes to be contacted with the left hand of the subject. The right hand grip and the left hand grip are disposed such that their respective axis lines overlap with each other on the same straight line. The left hand grip is coupled to the right hand grip in a freely movable manner such that the left hand grip can move in the axis line direction. This configuration allows a small-sized body composition measuring apparatus suitable for carrying along to be achieved. | 10-01-2009 |
20090264790 | BODY COMPOSITION MEASURING APPARATUS - A body composition measuring apparatus includes electrodes for a right hand to be contacted with the right hand of a subject and electrodes for a left hand to be contacted with the left hand of the subject in an apparatus body for measuring an impedance of the body of the subject. The apparatus body includes a right hand grip having electrodes for a right hand and extending like a rod, a left hand grip having electrodes for a left hand and extending like a rod, and a base to which right hand grip and left hand grip are attached. Right hand grip is attached to base in a freely rotatable manner, and the extending direction of right hand grip and the direction along which the rotation axis of right hand grip extends are arranged to be different from each other. Thus, a small-sized, thin body composition measuring apparatus capable of being carried along can be obtained. | 10-22-2009 |
20110224561 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - An electronic sphygmomanometer acquires a patient ID and recommended site information read from an ID card before measurement. The recommended site indicating the site to be attached to a cuff of a left site or a right site is thereby specified for every person to be measured (patient ID). Thereafter, the site to be attached to the cuff is guided by notifying the specified recommended site to the person to be measured. | 09-15-2011 |
20110275946 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure measurement device includes a rotation center axis at a position where a distance from an upper arm inserting surface of a living body inserting housing to an elbow rest position center at a “second angle (θ2)=35 degrees”, which is an angle greater than a first angle, is greater than a distance from an upper arm inserting surface of a living body inserting housing to an elbow rest position center at the “first angle (θ1)=20 degrees”. With such a configuration, the blood pressure value can be measured with high accuracy, and the blood pressure measurement device enables the subject to perform the measurement comfortably in a natural position during the measurement. | 11-10-2011 |
20120123281 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER - In a sphygmomanometer, an elbow detection mechanism that detects the placement of a measurement subject's elbow is provided in a portion of a cuff unit above a rotation axis. Because the elbow detection mechanism is provided in the portion of the cuff unit above the rotation axis on the biological member (upper arm) exit side, the distance L between the elbow detection mechanism and the biological member (upper arm) exit of the cuff unit can be kept constant even when the cuff unit rotates. This enables providing a sphygmomanometer that has a mechanism for changing the inclination angle of the cuff unit relative to a base and includes a mechanism for achieving a constant distance between the elbow detection mechanism and the entrance of the cuff unit regardless of the inclination angle of the cuff unit. | 05-17-2012 |
20120240377 | Method of Producing Cuff of Sphygmomanometer Having Automatic Cuff Winding Mechanism - In a method of producing a cuff of a sphygmomanometer having an automatic cuff winding mechanism, the cuff includes a band-shaped fluid bladder forming a cavity for inserting a user's arm therein, a shape maintenance member wound on the band-shaped fluid bladder, a band-shaped bag wound on the shape maintenance member, and a cylindrical elastic plate housed in the band-shaped bag. The method includes winding the band-shaped fluid bladder on an outer circumferential surface of a cylindrical jig having approximately the same outer diameter as the cavity of the band-shaped fluid bladder, winding the shape maintenance member on an outer circumferential surface of the band-shaped fluid bladder, winding the band-shaped bag on an outer circumferential surface of the shape maintenance member, removing the cylindrical jig from the band-shaped fluid bladder, and housing the cylindrical elastic plate inside the band-shaped bag. | 09-27-2012 |
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20120082380 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND MEDIUM STORING THIS PROGRAM - Whether purple fringing (PF) has occurred is determined for every pixel of interest P(i,j) (step | 04-05-2012 |
20130038761 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PROCESSING CAPTURED IMAGE, AND PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING CAPTURED IMAGE - Two kinds of color images, obtained by a solid-state imaging device, having different color tones are combined with each other. A first captured color image due to a first pixel group (pixels in which spectral sensitivities of color filters are wide) of the solid-state imaging device is processed. A second captured color image due to a second pixel group (pixels in which spectral sensitivities of color filters are narrow) is processed. The level difference between captured image signals of the pixels of the first pixel group and captured image signals of the pixels of the second pixel group, and due to the spectral sensitivity difference between the color filters in which the spectral sensitivities are wide and narrow is obtained (steps S1 and S2). The level difference is corrected. The first captured color image and the second captured color image are combined with each other. | 02-14-2013 |
20130038767 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device and a driving unit. The solid-state imaging device has a plurality of pairs of first and second photoelectric conversion elements having different spectral sensitivity characteristics. The driving unit independently controls an exposure time of a first group of the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements and an exposure time of a second group of the plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements. A wavelength range where the first photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity and a wavelength range where the second photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has spectral sensitivity fall within the respective wavelength ranges of specific colors of visible light. A half width in the spectral sensitivity characteristic of each first photoelectric conversion element is wider than a half width in the spectral sensitivity characteristic of each second photoelectric conversion element of the pair. | 02-14-2013 |
20130044244 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pairs of a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element which have different spectral sensitivity characteristics. A wavelength range where the first photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity and a wavelength range where the second photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity respectively fall within a wavelength ranges of specific colors of visible light. The plurality of pairs include a plurality of types of pairs having different specific colors of visible light. The half width in the spectral sensitivity characteristic of the first photoelectric conversion element of the each pair is wider than a half width in the spectral sensitivity characteristic of the second photoelectric conversion element of the each corresponding pair. | 02-21-2013 |
20130113965 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device that has a plurality of pairs of a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element, which have different spectral sensitivity characteristics, respectively. A wavelength range where the first photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity and a wavelength range where the second photoelectric conversion element of the pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity fall within wavelength ranges of specific colors of visible light respectively. The plurality of pairs include a plurality of types of pairs having different specific colors. A half-width in a spectral sensitivity characteristic of the second photoelectric conversion element of each pair is wider than a half width in a spectral sensitivity characteristic of the first photoelectric conversion element of the pair. | 05-09-2013 |
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20090075018 | COLORED POLYAMIDE FIBER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A colored polyamide fiber composed of a polyamide resin, a pigment, a coupling agent and a compound represented by the following formula I: | 03-19-2009 |
20100009792 | SHEET-LIKE OBJECT FOR BALL AND BALL - Provided are: a sheet-like ball material including a fibrous base material, and an elastic polymer cover layer that is laminated on a surface of the fibrous base material, in which continuous pebbles and discontinuous valleys are formed on a surface of the cover layer, the valleys discontinuously formed are formed at average intervals of 0.5 to 3 mm, the valley has a depth of 50 to 500 μm, a vertical projected area of each valley is 1 to 5 mm | 01-14-2010 |
20100159772 | GRAIN LEATHER-LIKE SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT SCRATCH RESISTANCE AND ABRASION RESISTANCE - A grain-finished leather-like sheet having a fibrous substrate layer, a polyurethane non-porous layer and a polyurethane surface layer which are successively laminated in this order. The polyurethane surface layer contains a binder polyurethane and polyurethane fine particles having a particle size of 1 to 50 μm. The total thickness of the polyurethane non-porous layer and the polyurethane surface layer is 150 μm or more. The polyurethane surface layer contains the polyurethane fine particles in an amount of 10 to 40 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the binder polyurethane. The polyurethane fine particles are not exposed to the surface. The grain-finished leather-like sheet characterized by the above features has a smooth and luster surface, a good hand, and excellent scratch resistance, abrasion resistance and buckling wrinkle resistance. The sheet hardly damages or soils an object which is in contact with its surface by friction. | 06-24-2010 |
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20120148509 | COMPOSITION FOR ALLEVIATING ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION-INDUCED DAMAGE - Disclosed are a composition for alleviating ultraviolet irradiation-induced damage, which is stable and safe and can be used on a daily basis, and a pharmaceutical composition, an external skin preparation, a food composition and a medicine for cataract, each comprising aforesaid composition for alleviating ultraviolet irradiation-induced damage. Specifically disclosed is a composition for alleviating ultraviolet irradiation-induced damage which contains one or more kinds of compounds selected from the group consisting of methionine, D-serine and derivatives and/or salts of the same. The aforesaid composition may be an external preparation for the skin, an anti-wrinkle agent, a sunscreen agent, a medicinal composition for treating and/or preventing skin diseases, a food composition or a pharmaceutical product for cataract. In the aforesaid composition for alleviating ultraviolet irradiation-induced damage, the aforesaid methionine may be D-methionine, and the aforesaid D-serine derivative may be D-cycloserine. | 06-14-2012 |
20120165408 | ORAL COMPOSITION FOR ALLEVIATING ROUGH SKIN - Provided is a stable and safe oral composition that acts on the barrier function of the skin for alleviating and/or preventing rough skin. An oral composition for alleviating rough skin and an oral composition for preventing rough skin are provided, the compositions containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of D-glutamic acid and derivatives and/or salts thereof. Also provided are a pharmaceutical composition and/or a food composition containing the oral composition for alleviating rough skin or the oral composition for preventing rough skin. | 06-28-2012 |
20120184619 | COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING COLLAGEN PRODUCTION - Disclosed is a novel composition which has an effect on promoting production of collagen. The composition has high photostability and is free from side effects such as those of retinoids. Specifically disclosed is a composition for promoting collagen production which contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of D-aspartic acid, D-alanine, derivatives and/or salts thereof. The composition may be used for the purpose of suppressing and/or improving skin a condition. The skin condition may include but is not limited to photoaging and/or wrinkles. The composition may be used for an external preparation for the skin or food. The composition may be a composition for promoting type I collagen production. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184620 | ANTIOXIDANT COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a stable and safe antioxidant composition which can be used routinely. Specifically disclosed is an antioxidant composition which contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of D-aspartic acid, derivatives and/or salts thereof. The composition may be used for the purpose of suppressing and/or improving skin conditions. The skin conditions may include, but is not limited to, fine wrinkles, a rough skin, a dry skin, a skin cancer, a skin allergy, an inflammation of the skin and a photosensitive dermatosis. The composition may be used for an external preparation for the skin, a food, and a pharmaceutical product for cataract. | 07-19-2012 |
20120189563 | ORAL COMPOSITION FOR ALLEVIATING ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION-INDUCED DAMAGE - Disclosed are: an oral composition for alleviating ultraviolet irradiation-induced damage, which can be used on a daily basis and is stable and safe; and a medicinal agent; and anti-wrinkle agent and a food composition, each of which comprises the oral composition. Specifically disclosed is an oral composition for alleviating ultraviolet irradiation-induced damage, which comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of methionine and derivatives and/or salts thereof. The composition may be an anti-wrinkle agent, a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing skin diseases, a food composition, or a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cataract. In the oral composition for alleviating ultraviolet irradiation-induced damage, methionine may be in the D-form. | 07-26-2012 |
20120190745 | ORAL COMPOSITION FOR REDUCING WRINKLE FORMATION - Provided is a novel composition that acts to inhibit and/or ameliorate wrinkle formation, does not have adverse effects like those of retinoids, and is highly photostable. An oral composition for reducing wrinkle formation and an oral composition for preventing wrinkle formation are provided, the compositions containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of D-glutamic acid and derivatives and/or salts thereof. Also provided are a pharmaceutical composition and a food composition containing the oral composition for reducing wrinkle formation or the oral composition for preventing wrinkle formation. | 07-26-2012 |