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20090241716 | SHIFT DRIVE DEVICE - A shift drive device with a shift arm having one end secured to a shift spindle with a guide hole for receiving a pin, provide to project therefrom, inserted therethrough and engaged therewith. A turn-restriction hole receives a restriction pin provided on a transmission case. A space that is needed for turning the shift arm is reduced. A turn-restriction hole is provided in a shift arm so as to be disposed on a straight line connecting an axial line of a shift spindle with the center of a guide hole. | 10-01-2009 |
20100024761 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine for reducing the amount of bubbles contained in the circulated oil without reducing the ground clearance of the engine. A crankcase is provided therein with an oil suction passage makes an oil pump and an end part of a bottom wall of an oil sump chamber communicate with each other, passes between the oil sump chamber and a hanger boss, and has a lowest part located below the bottom wall of the oil sump chamber. | 02-04-2010 |
20110192699 | CLUTCH APPARATUS FOR A POWER UNIT AND POWER UNIT INCORPORATING THE SAME - A clutch apparatus includes a clutch outer member for supporting friction discs, which are nonrotatable relative to the clutch outer member, and are axially slidable along a clutch axis; a clutch inner member for supporting clutch discs, which are nonrotatable relative to the clutch inner member, and are axially slidable along the clutch axis, and a pressure plate having a deep recess for accommodating a clutch spring engaged with the clutch inner member. The deep recess includes a bottom portion having a spring seat for receiving the clutch spring, and a partially cylindrical shape wall portion having an axis parallel to the clutch axis. The wall portion is oriented towards the clutch axis. The deep recess has a communicating portion formed therein for establishing the communication between the inner and outer surfaces of the wall portion so as to discharge oil towards the friction and clutch discs during operation of the clutch apparatus. | 08-11-2011 |
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20110244160 | ADHESIVE TAPE OR SHEET WITH RELEASE LINER - An adhesive tape or sheet with a release liner has; a thermoplastic resin film, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer formed on one side of the thermoplastic resin film, and a release liner positioned on one side of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, a fatty acid bisamide as well as a fatty acid monoamide and/or fatty acid are contained at least one of the thermoplastic resin film and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244229 | ROLLED ADHESIVE TAPE OR SHEET - A rolled adhesive tape or sheet which is wound in a rolled configuration having; a thermoplastic resin film, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer formed on one side of the thermoplastic resin film, a fatty acid bisamide as well as a fatty acid monoamide and/or fatty acid are contained at least one of the thermoplastic resin film and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer. | 10-06-2011 |
20120003459 | FLAME-RETARDANT POLY LACTIC ACID-CONTAINING FILM OR SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Provided is a film or sheet composed of a resin composition that includes a poly lactic acid (A), an acidic functional group-modified olefinic polymer (B) including an acidic functional group and having an acid value of 10 to 70 mg KOH/g and a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 80,000, a tetrafluoroethylene polymer (C), and an aromatic-condensed phosphoric acid ester-containing flame retardant (D) including a compound of General Formula (I) and in which the aromatic-condensed phosphoric acid ester-containing flame retardant (D) is included in an amount of 10 to 80 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the poly lactic acid (A), and a method for manufacturing the film or sheet by melt film formation. Each sign in Formula is as described in the specification. | 01-05-2012 |
20120021202 | FLAME-RETARDANT POLY LACTIC ACID-CONTAINING FILM OR SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Provided is a film or sheet composed of a resin composition that includes a poly lactic acid (A), an acidic functional group-modified olefinic polymer (B) including an acidic functional group and having an acid value of 10 to 70 mg KOH/g and a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 80,000, a tetrafluoroethylene polymer (C), and an aromatic cyclic phosphazene-containing flame retardant (D) including a compound of General Formula (I) and in which the aromatic cyclic phosphazene-containing flame retardant (D) is included in an amount of 10 to 70 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the poly lactic acid (A), and a method for manufacturing the film or sheet by melt film formation. Each sign in Formula is as described in the specification. | 01-26-2012 |
20120046402 | POLY LACTIC ACID-CONTAINING FILM OR SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Provided are a film or sheet composed of a resin composition that includes a poly lactic acid (A), an acidic functional group-modified olefinic polymer (B) including an acidic functional group and having an acid value of 10 to 70 mg KOH/g and a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 80,000, a tetrafluoroethylene polymer (C), and a dicarboxylic acid ester-containing plasticizer (D) containing a compound of General Formula (1) and in which the dicarboxylic acid ester-containing plasticizer (D) is included in an amount of 8 parts by weight or more and less than 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the poly lactic acid (A), and a method for manufacturing the film or sheet by melt film formation. Each sign in Formula is as described in the specification. | 02-23-2012 |
20130108867 | METHYLENEBIS (FATTY ACID AMIDE) COMPOSITION, ADHESIVE SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
20130236723 | POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED FILM OR SHEET - Disclosed is a polylactic acid-based film or sheet as a resin film or sheet including a polylactic acid (A). The film or sheet has a melt endotherm ΔHc′ of | 09-12-2013 |
20140004360 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RELEASE LINER | 01-02-2014 |
20150044460 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - Provided are: a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which can be produced even from plant-derived raw materials with no need of using a costly silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive or the like and which is usable for producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet excellent in wettability to an adherend, light peelability, removability, anti-staining property (little adhesive residues), and workability, and to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet using the composition. A polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a polyester obtained by condensation polymerization of at least a dicarboxylic acid having a side chain and an aliphatic diol having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and a crosslinking agent, wherein the polyester has a weight average molecular weight of 5000 to 60000. | 02-12-2015 |
20150050493 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - Provided are: a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which can be produced even from plant-derived raw materials with no need of using a costly silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive or the like and which is usable for producing a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet excellent in wettability to an adherend, light peelability (removability), anti-staining property (little adhesive residues), and workability, and to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet using the composition. A polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a polyester obtained by condensation polymerization of at least a carboxylic acid component and a diol component, and a crosslinking agent, wherein the carboxylic acid component contains a dicarboxylic acid having a side chain in an amount of 50 to 90% by weight and a tricarboxylic acid having a side chain in an amount of 10 to 50% by weight, and wherein the polyester has a weight average molecular weight of 5000 to 150000. | 02-19-2015 |
20150056446 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - A polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, including a polyester obtained by condensation polymerization of at least a dicarboxylic acid having a side chain and a diol, a polyether polyol, and a crosslinking agent, wherein the polyester has a weight average molecular weight of 5000 to 50000, the polyether polyol contains a polyether polyol having hydroxyl groups at only part of terminals and/or all terminals, the polyether polyol having hydroxyl groups at only part of terminals has a number average molecular weight of 100 to 1500, and the polyether polyol having hydroxyl groups at only part of terminals is contained in an amount of 1 to 35 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester. | 02-26-2015 |
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20100133507 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A high luminance semiconductor light emitting device and a fabrication method for the same are provided by forming a metallic reflecting layer using a non-transparent semiconductor substrate. | 06-03-2010 |
20120132889 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A high luminance semiconductor light emitting device and fabrication method thereof, wherein a metallic reflecting layer is formed using a non-transparent semiconductor substrate. The device includes a light emitting diode structure on a GaAs substrate structure bonded together using a first and a third metal layers. The substrate includes a GaAs layer, a first metal buffer layer on a surface of the GaAs layer, the first metal layer on the first metal buffer layer, and a second metal buffer layer and a second metal layer at a back side of the GaAs layer. The diode structure includes the third metal layer, a metal contact layer on the third metal layer, a p-type cladding layer on the metal contact layer, a multi-quantum well layer on the p-type cladding layer, an n-type cladding layer on the multi-quantum well layer, and a window layer on the n-type cladding layer. | 05-31-2012 |
20140332840 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light emitting device which can control of current density and can optimize current density and in which a rise in luminosity is possible, and a fabrication method of the semiconductor light emitting device are provided. The semiconductor light emitting device including: a semiconductor substrate structure including a semiconductor substrate, a first metal layer placed on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a second metal layer placed on a second surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a light emitting diode structure including a third metal layer placed on the semiconductor substrate structure, a current control layer placed on the third metal layer and composed of a transparent insulating film and a current control electrode, an epitaxial growth layer placed on the current control layer, and a surface electrode placed on the epitaxial growth layer, wherein the semiconductor substrate structure and the light emitting diode structure are bonded by using the first metal layer and the third metal layer. | 11-13-2014 |
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20080210958 | Semiconductor white light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor white light emitting device including: a semiconductor light emitting element having green and blue light emitting layers containing In; and a phosphor capable of emitting red light. | 09-04-2008 |
20090101933 | Semiconductor light emitting device and fabrication method of the semiconductor light emitting device - A semiconductor light emitting device which can control of current density and can optimize current density and in which a rise in luminosity is possible, and a fabrication method of the semiconductor light emitting device are provided. The semiconductor light emitting device including: a semiconductor substrate structure including a semiconductor substrate, a first metal layer placed on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a second metal layer placed on a second surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a light emitting diode structure including a third metal layer placed on the semiconductor substrate structure, a current control layer placed on the third metal layer and composed of a transparent insulating film and a current control electrode, an epitaxial growth layer placed on the current control layer, and a surface electrode placed on the epitaxial growth layer, wherein the semiconductor substrate structure and the light emitting diode structure are bonded by using the first metal layer and the third metal layer. | 04-23-2009 |
20100133506 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR - Provided are a nitride semiconductor light emitting element having a nitride semiconductor layered on an AlN buffer layer with improved qualities such as crystal quality and with improved light emission output, and a method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor. An AlN buffer layer ( | 06-03-2010 |
20140264267 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A high luminance semiconductor light emitting device including a metallic reflecting layer formed using a non-transparent semiconductor substrate is provided. The device includes a GaAs substrate; a metal layer disposed on the GaAs substrate; and a light emitting diode structure. The light emitting diode structure includes a patterned metal contact layer and a patterned insulating layer disposed on the metal layer, a p type cladding layer disposed on the patterned metal contact layer and the patterned insulating layer, a multi-quantum well layer disposed on the p type cladding layer, an n type cladding layer disposed on the multi-quantum well layer, and a window layer disposed on the n type cladding layer. The GaAs substrate and the light emitting diode structure are bonded by using the metal layer. | 09-18-2014 |
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20100328478 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a photoelectric conversion device having unit pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the unit pixels including: a photoelectric conversion element; a source follower readout transistor configured to receive a signal charge arising from photoelectric conversion by the photoelectric conversion element by a gate, and read out an electrical signal dependent on the signal charge; and a correction circuit configured to reset gate potential of the readout transistor to Vref+Vth prior to signal readout by the readout transistor, if a reference potential given to the gate of the readout transistor is defined as Vref and threshold voltage of the readout transistor is defined as Vth. | 12-30-2010 |
20110043470 | SENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SENSOR ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A sensor device includes: one or more sensor elements each including first and second diode elements connected in series and a sensor driving section. The cathode of the second diode element is connected to the anode of the first diode element. The sensor driving section controls on-off state of the first diode element through changing a gate voltage under a fixed cathode voltage, and controls on-off state of the second diode element through changing a gate voltage under a fixed anode voltage. The sensor driving section drives the second diode element, maintaining a relationship of Vg | 02-24-2011 |
20110043471 | TOUCH SENSOR METHODS AND APPARATUS - Touch sensor methods and apparatus are provided. A first photodiode includes an i-region of a first length. A second photodiode includes an i-region with a second length. A sensing component including a capacitive element is operably coupled to the first photodiode and the second photodiode. The first length of the i-region of the first photodiode is different than the second length of the i-region of the second photodiode. | 02-24-2011 |
20110109605 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH IMAGE PICKUP FUNCTION, DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device with an image pickup function includes: a plurality of pixel signal lines each supplied with a pixel signal; a plurality of display pixels each performing a display operation based on the pixel signal; and a plurality of image pickup elements each including a photo-detector and a capacitor, the photo-detector generating a current of a magnitude corresponding to a photo-detection amount, the capacitor performing a discharging operation which follows a charging operation with the current from the photo-detector to output a charged voltage for a read operation. In the display device, a voltage level of the pixel signal line during the discharging operation is equal to a voltage level of the pixel signal line during the reading operation. | 05-12-2011 |
20110115767 | SENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SENSOR ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Techniques are described for detecting and compensating for characteristic changes of a photoelectric conversion element, such as changes related to the temperature of the photoelectric conversion element. A display device that includes an I/O display panel and a light-receiving drive circuit is disclosed. The I/O display panel includes a plurality of display pixels; and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements including a first photoelectric conversion element that substantially is shielded from light and a second photoelectric conversion element that is exposed to light. The light-receiving drive circuit receives a first detection signal from the first photoelectric conversion element and resets the second photoelectric conversion element based on the first detection signal. | 05-19-2011 |
20110127991 | SENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SENSOR ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A sensor device includes sensor elements arranged in a matrix form, and a sensor driving section driving the sensor elements. Each of the sensor elements includes a photoelectric conversion element generating electric charge, a storage node storing electric charge, to show a voltage which fluctuates according to the stored electric charge, a reset transistor resetting the voltage in the storage node and a readout section reading the voltage value resulted from the stored electric charge in the storage node, to output the resultant voltage value. The sensor driving section controls the reset transistor so that the storage nodes of the sensor elements over sensor element lines are reset into the predetermined reset voltage at a time, and then performs read control after a lapse of a predetermined exposure period to allow the sensor detection signals to be sequentially outputted from the respective sensor elements arranged in each sensor element lines. | 06-02-2011 |
20110128428 | SENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SENSOR ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION, ELECTRONIC UNIT AND RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A sensor device includes sensor elements two-dimensionally arranged and a sensor driving section driving the sensor elements. Each of the sensor elements includes a photoelectric conversion element generating electric charge according to an amount of received light, a charge storage section connected to one end of the photoelectric conversion element and storing electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion element, a readout section reading either a voltage value resulted from the electric charge in the charge storage section or the stored electric charge, to output the read voltage value or the read electric charge and a reset section resetting the electric charge in the charge storage section through supplying a predetermined reset voltage to the charge storage section. The sensor driving section controls the reset section so that the predetermined reset voltage is continuously or intermittently supplied to the charge storage section over a period exceeding one horizontal scan period. | 06-02-2011 |
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20090323832 | Wireless Communication System, Wireless Communication Terminal, Base Station, Wireless Communication Method and Computer Program of Wireless Communication Method - A wireless communication system to which an adaptive modulation method is applied, in order to prevent characteristics of error ratio from being deteriorated more efficiently than prior techniques and to improve the throughput, one or each of a base station and a wireless communication terminal including: a communication line quality detection unit which detects a first parameter with regard to quality of communication line and detects fluctuation of the first parameter; a receiving method detection unit which detects the receiving method; and a modulation method determination unit which determines the modulation method based on both the fluctuation of the first parameter and the receiving method. | 12-31-2009 |
20100178885 | RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The radio communication method for transmitting a burst signal including a synchronization identification signal and a data signal according to the present invention comprises a step for comparing the error tolerances of the synchronization identification signal and the data signal and a step for varying transmission power(s) of one or both of the synchronization identification signal and the data signal in accordance with the error tolerances compared (FIG. | 07-15-2010 |
20120157138 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION, CONTROLLER DEVICE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A controller device receives power information and location information from a first radio base station, the power information indicating, for each frequency, the power of the signal arriving at a radio terminal in the communication area of the first radio base station from a second radio base station, and the location information indicating the location of the radio terminal. The controller device is provided with an identifying unit which, based on the power information and location information received from the first radio base station, identifies an interference location and identifies an interference frequency, the interference location being the location where the power of the signal arriving at the communication area is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and the interference frequency being the frequency of the signal arriving at the interference location. | 06-21-2012 |
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20100129120 | Developing Device - A developing device comprises: a development roller configured to rotate while carrying liquid toner which comprises a carrier liquid and toner particles contained in the carrier liquid; a cleaning blade configured to contact with the development roller to scrape off the liquid toner carried on the development roller by the rotation of the development roller; and a cleaning roller provided adjacent to the development roller and upstream from the cleaning blade with respect to a rotating direction of the development roller. In the developing device, the development roller and the cleaning roller are configured to rotate in such a direction that outer peripheral surfaces thereof move in opposite directions to each other at a contact surface where the cleaning roller contacts with the development roller. | 05-27-2010 |
20120237263 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided, which is configured to form an image with developer of a plurality of colors on a sheet-type recording medium by a non-magnetic single component developing method. The image forming apparatus includes a first color developing unit which is configured to perform developing of a first color by a jumping developing method, and a second color developing unit which is configured to perform developing of the second color by a contact developing method. | 09-20-2012 |
20130011163 | Developer Container and Image Forming Apparatus Including The Same - A developer container includes a developer accommodating chamber and a transporting member configured to elastically deform, to rotate, and to transport the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating chamber. The developer accommodating chamber includes a dividing wall configured to deform the transporting member by making a sliding contact with the transporting member. The developer accommodating chamber further includes a communicating portion configured to allow the transporting member, which has been elastically deformed by the sliding portion, to restore. The developer accommodating chamber still further includes a contacting portion. The transporting member restored by the communicating portion being configured to contact with the contacting portion. | 01-10-2013 |
20130259540 | Developing Unit - There is provided a developing unit, including: a body defining a developing chamber and a developer accommodating chamber, and a developer delivery member. The body includes a sliding portion, a restoring portion and a colliding portion at the developer accommodating chamber. The developer delivery member includes an elastic member configured to be made a sliding contact with the sliding portion while being curved elastically, configured to be restored elastically at the restoring portion, and configured to collide with the colliding portion. The developer delivery member is configured so that, the elastic member which has been elastically restored at the restoring portion is collided with the colliding portion to generate an air flow and to deliver the developer in the developer accommodating chamber toward the connection port. | 10-03-2013 |
20130287445 | Developing Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - A developing apparatus is provided, including a developing unit including a developing roller; a developer accommodating unit; a partition wall partitioning the developing unit and the developer accommodating unit; a supply port which makes communication between the developing unit and the developer accommodating unit; a transport member configured so that the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating unit is supplied to the developing unit via the supply port in accordance with rotation; a return port configured so that the developer contained in the developing unit is permitted to fall into the developer accommodating unit; an opening/closing member configured to be movable between an open position for opening the return port and a closed position for closing the return port; and a driving mechanism configured so that the opening/closing member is moved to the closed position and the open position. | 10-31-2013 |
20130322928 | Developer Transport Member and Developing Apparatus - There is provided a developer transport member including a rotatable member, a main body configured to transport the developer by being rotated in accordance with rotation of the rotatable member, and a metal spring configured to bias the main body. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090161513 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA ERASING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and data erasing method make it possible to unrecoverably erase encrypted data recorded in an auxiliary storage device at high speed while reducing the load put on the CPU. Upon reception of a data erase request from a data utilizing process, the data requested to be erased is registered in a predetermined storage unit. The data registered in the storage is unrecoverably erased by overwriting, and an area in the auxiliary storage device in which the erased data was stored is released after the overwriting erasure process. | 06-25-2009 |
20100268967 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VERIFICATION - An information processing apparatus includes a main memory unit storing while on-power; an auxiliary storage unit functionable even off-power; a control unit performing hibernation of generating operating-state data indicating a state when the power is lost, storing the data in the auxiliary storage unit, and, when restored, reading the data from the auxiliary storage unit; and a security chip that including a configuration register, encrypts data, and storing the data in the auxiliary storage unit. The control unit includes: a first registration unit performing, when the data is generated, calculation based thereon to obtain a calculated value; a second registration unit performing, when the data is read from the auxiliary storage unit at the hibernation, calculation based on the data to obtain a calculated value to write it into the configuration register; and a verification unit performing verification at boot-up from the hibernation based on the value written. | 10-21-2010 |
20110197066 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM, SECURITY METHOD, SECURITY PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A multi-functional system includes a main system, and sub-systems operated by sub-programs and the main system. The sub-systems includes a first memory storing a first public key, and a second memory storing an encrypted sub-program and second public key, a first communication controller transmitting the first public key for encrypted communication, a decryption unit decrypting the encrypted sub-program and second public key using an encryption key, and a second controller transmitting the decrypted second public key for encrypted communication. The main system includes a first public key, a second public key, a security device, and first and second communication controllers. The sub-systems execute a plurality of corresponding subprograms under the control of the main system. | 08-11-2011 |
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20130227267 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT ENCRYPTS AND DECRYPTS DATA USING A VALUE CALCULATED FROM OPERATING-STATE DATA - An information processing apparatus includes a main memory unit storing while on-power; an auxiliary storage unit functionable even off-power; a control unit performing hibernation of generating operating-state data indicating a state when the power is lost, storing the data in the auxiliary storage unit, and, when restored, reading the data from the auxiliary storage unit; and a security chip that including a configuration register, encrypts data, and storing the data in the auxiliary storage unit. The control unit includes: a first registration unit performing, when the data is generated, calculation based thereon to obtain a calculated value; a second registration unit performing, when the data is read from the auxiliary storage unit at the hibernation, calculation based on the data to obtain a calculated value to write it into the configuration register; and a verification unit performing verification at boot-up from the hibernation based on the value written. | 08-29-2013 |
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20110129688 | PLATED PRODUCT HAVING COPPER THIN FILM FORMED THEREON BY ELECTROLESS PLATING - An object of the present invention is to provide a plated object having a thin seed layer of uniform thickness that enables the fabrication of ultrafine wiring thereon in which, when the seed layer is formed by electroless copper plating, the uniformity and adherence thereof are improved over the aforementioned case in which electroless copper plating is performed on an elemental metal such as tungsten, molybdenum, etc., and the aforementioned complexity of forming two layers of a barrier layer and a catalyst metal layer before forming the copper seed layer is eliminated. | 06-02-2011 |
20110155570 | Barrier Film for Semiconductor Wiring, Sintered Compact Sputtering Target and Method of Producing the Sputtering Target - Provided are a barrier film for a semiconductor wiring containing Ni with its remainder being W and unavoidable impurities and having a composition of WxNiy (70≦x≦90, 10≦y≦30 unit: atomic percent), and a sintered compact sputtering target for forming a barrier film for a semiconductor wiring containing Ni with its remainder being W and unavoidable impurities and having a composition of WxNiy (70≦x≦90, 10≦y≦30, unit: atomic percent), and comprising a target structure configured from a W matrix and Ni particles existing therein and in which W is diffused in the Ni particles. The present invention aims to provide a sputtering target that is particularly effective for use in forming a barrier film in which the target itself has the same composition as the barrier film without depending on the nitriding reaction in the sputtering process, which is capable of effectively preventing the reaction of a semiconductor device, which is free from the generation of particles in the sputtering process, and which yields superior characteristics upon forming the barrier film, as well as a method of producing such a target. | 06-30-2011 |
20120031756 | Tantalum Sputtering Target - Provided is a tantalum sputtering target containing 1 mass ppm or more and 100 mass ppm or less of tungsten as an essential component, and having a purity of 99.998% or more excluding tungsten and gas components. Additionally provided is a tantalum sputtering target according to according to the above further containing 0 to 100 mass ppm of molybdenum and/or niobium, excluding 0 mass ppm thereof, wherein the total content of tungsten, molybdenum, and niobium is 1 mass ppm or more and 150 mass ppm or less, and wherein the purity is 99.998% or more excluding tungsten, molybdenum, niobium and gas components. Thereby obtained is a high purity tantalum sputtering target comprising a uniform and fine structure and which enables stable plasma and yields superior film evenness (uniformity). | 02-09-2012 |
20120037501 | Tantalum Sputtering Target - Provided is a tantalum sputtering target containing 1 mass ppm or more and 100 mass ppm or less of molybdenum as an essential component, and having a purity of 99.998% or more excluding molybdenum and gas components. Additionally provided is a tantalum sputtering target according to the above further containing 0 to 100 mass ppm of niobium, excluding 0 mass ppm thereof, and having a purity of 99.998% or more excluding molybdenum, niobium and gas components. Thereby obtained is a high purity tantalum sputtering target that has a uniform and fine structure and which yields stable plasma and superior film evenness, in other words, uniformity. | 02-16-2012 |
20130092534 | Tantalum Sputtering Target - Provided is a tantalum sputtering target, in which 1 mass ppm or more and 50 mass ppm or less of boron is contained as an essential component, and of which the purity excluding boron and gas components is 99.998% or higher. Thereby obtained is a high-purity tantalum sputtering target having a uniform and fine structure and enabling plasma stabilization and achievement of superior film evenness (uniformity). | 04-18-2013 |
20130098759 | Tantalum Sputtering Target - Provided is a tantalum sputtering target, in which 30 mass ppm or more and 100 mass ppm or less of oxygen is contained as an essential component, and of which purity excluding oxygen and gas components is 99.998% or higher. Additionally provided is a tantalum sputtering target, wherein an average crystal grain size is 120 μm or less and variation in the crystal grain size is ±20% m or less. Thereby obtained is a high-purity tantalum sputtering target having a uniform and fine structure and enabling plasma stabilization and achievement of superior film evenness (uniformity). | 04-25-2013 |
20140242401 | Tantalum Sputtering Target and Method for Manufacturing Same - Provided is a tantalum sputtering target having a (200)-plane orientation ratio of 70% or less and a (222)-plane orientation ratio of 10% or more at the sputtering surface of the tantalum sputtering target. The sputter rate can be increased by controlling the crystalline orientation of the target, and thereby a film having an intended thickness can be formed in a short time to improve the throughput. | 08-28-2014 |
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20100093957 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUTENE-ETHYLENE COPOLYMER - A process for producing a butene-ethylene copolymer which has 1-butene content of 60% by mol or more, Mw of 200,000 or more, and Mw/Mn of 3 or less, the process including a step of copolymerizing 1-butene and ethylene in the presence of a catalyst for polymerizing olefin, and said catalyst containing a transition metal complex of the following formula (1) as a catalytic component: | 04-15-2010 |
20100204420 | TRANSITION METAL ION COMPLEX, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER - A transition metal ion complex represented by formula (1): | 08-12-2010 |
20100261857 | OLEFIN/(METH)ACRYLATE BLOCK COPOLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An olefin/(meth)acrylate block copolymer in which a polyolefin segment obtained by polymerization of an olefin is covalently-bonded to a poly(meth)acrylate segment obtained by polymerization of a (meth)acrylate compound, and | 10-14-2010 |
20120184431 | TRANSITION METAL COMPLEX, PREPARATION METHOD FOR SAID TRANSITION METAL COMPLEX, TRIMERIZATION CATALYST, PREPARATION METHOD FOR 1-HEXENE, PREPARATION METHOD FOR ETHYLENE POLYMER, SUBSTITUTED CYCLOPENTADIENE COMPOUND, AND PREPARATION METHOD FOR SAID SUBSTITUTED CYCLOPENTADIENE COMPOUND - Disclosed is transition metal complex that serves as a catalytic component with which 1-hexene can be produced efficiently with excellent selectivity, even under high temperature conditions, by means of an ethylene trimerization reaction. Also disclosed is a method for economically preparing a butyl-branched ethylene polymer, even under high temperature conditions, by using said transition metal complex as an ethylene trimerization catalyst, and polymerizing ethylene in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst that is obtained by bringing an olefin copolymerization catalyst and an activating co-catalytic component into contact with one another. Said transition metal complex is represented by the following general formula (1), wherein M | 07-19-2012 |
20120184693 | ETHYLENE POLYMER PREPARATION METHOD - Disclosed is a method for preparing an ethylenic polymer with a low melting point in a more economical manner. In the ethylenic polymer preparation method, ethylene is polymerized under the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst that is obtained by bringing an olefin polymerization catalytic component that comprises a transition metal complex represented by the following general formula (1), a trimerization catalytic component that comprises a transition metal complex represented by the following general formula (2), and an activating co-catalytic component into contact with each other. | 07-19-2012 |
20130005931 | ETHYLENIC POLYMER - Disclosed is an ethylenic polymer having a long characteristic relaxation time. The ethylenic polymer satisfies the following requirements:
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20100038757 | SILICON WAFER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR HEAT-TREATING THE SAME - A silicon wafer produced from a silicon single crystal ingot grown by Czochralski process is subjected to rapid heating/cooling thermal process at a maximum temperature (T | 02-18-2010 |
20120139088 | SILICON WAFER AND METHOD FOR HEAT-TREATING SILICON WAFER - A silicon wafer for preventing a void defect in a bulk region from becoming source of contamination and slip generation in a device process is provided. And a heat-treating method thereof for reducing crystal defects such as COP in a region near the wafer surface to be a device active region is provided. The silicon wafer has a surface region | 06-07-2012 |
20120184091 | METHOD FOR HEAT TREATING A SILICON WAFER - The invention is to provide a method for heat treating a silicon wafer reducing grown-in defects while suppressing generation of slip during RTP and improving surface roughness of the wafer. The method performing a first heat treatment while introducing a rare gas, the first heat treatment comprising the steps of rapidly heating the wafer to T | 07-19-2012 |
20130078588 | METHOD FOR HEAT-TREATING SILICON WAFER - A method for heat-treating a silicon wafer is provided in which in-plane uniformity in BMD density along a diameter of a bulk of the wafer grown by the CZ process can be improved. Further, a method for heat-treating a silicon wafer is provided in which in-plane uniformity in BMD size can also be improved and COP of a surface layer of the wafer can be reduced. The method includes a step of a first heat treatment in which the CZ silicon wafer is heated to a temperature from 1325 to 1400° C. in an oxidizing gas atmosphere, held at the temperature, and then cooled at a cooling rate of from 50 to 250° C./second, and a step of a second heat treatment in which the wafer is heated to a temperature from 900 to 1200° C. in a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere, held at the temperature, and then cooled. | 03-28-2013 |
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20090004825 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate having a DSB structure that enables simplification of a manufacturing process by optimizing a total thickness of oxides on surfaces of two wafers before being bonded together is provided. The method comprises a process of preparing a first semiconductor wafer and a second semiconductor wafer, a process of bonding the first semiconductor wafer and second semiconductor wafer when a total of thickness of an oxide on the surface of the first semiconductor wafer and that of an oxide on the surface of the second semiconductor wafer is 0.4 nm or more and 1.0 nm or less, and a process of providing heat treatment to a semiconductor substrate after the process of the bonding and before a process of thinning one of the wafers. | 01-01-2009 |
20100055884 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SILICON WAFER - In a manufacturing method for a silicon wafer, a first heat treatment process is performed on the silicon wafer while introducing a first gas having an oxygen gas in an amount of 0.01 vol. % or more and 1.00 vol. % or less and a rare gas, and a second heat treatment process is performed while stopping introducing the first gas and introducing a second gas having an oxygen gas in an amount of 20 vol. % or more and 100 vol. % or less and a rare gas. In the first heat treatment process, the silicon wafer is rapidly heated to first temperature of 1300° C. or higher and a melting point of silicon or lower at a first heating rate, and kept at the first temperature. In the second heat treatment process, the silicon wafer is kept at the first temperature, and rapidly cooled from the first temperature at a first cooling rate. | 03-04-2010 |
20100197146 | Method of heat treating silicon wafer - In a method of heat treating a wafer obtained by slicing a silicon single crystal ingot manufactured by the Czochralski method, a rapid heating/cooling heat treatment is carried out by setting a holding time at an ultimate temperature of 1200° C. or more and a melting point of silicon or less to be equal to or longer than one second and to be equal to or shorter than 60 seconds in a mixed gas atmosphere containing oxygen having an oxygen partial pressure of 1.0% or more and 20% or less and argon, and an oxide film having a thickness of 9.1 nm or less or 24.3 nm or more is thus formed on a surface of the silicon wafer. | 08-05-2010 |
20120241912 | THERMAL TREATMENT METHOD OF SILICON WAFER AND SILICON WAFER - There is provided a thermal treatment method of a silicon wafer. The method includes the successive steps of: (a) terminating silicon atoms existing on an active surface of the silicon wafer with hydrogen, wherein the active surface is mirror-polished, and a semiconductor device is to be formed on the active surface; (b) terminating the silicon atoms existing on the active surface of the silicon wafer with fluorine; (c) rapidly heating the silicon wafer to a first temperature under an inert gas atmosphere or a reducing gas atmosphere, wherein the first temperature is in a range of 1300° C. to 1400° C.; (d) holding the silicon wafer at the first temperature for a certain time; and (e) rapidly cooling the silicon wafer. | 09-27-2012 |
20150044422 | SILICON WAFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A silicon wafer is manufactured by subjecting a silicon wafer sliced from a silicon single-crystal ingot grown by the Czochralski process to a rapid thermal process in which the silicon wafer is heated to a maximum temperature within a range of 1300 to 1380° C., and kept at the maximum temperature for 5 to 60 seconds; and removing a surface layer of the wafer where a semiconductor device is to be manufactured by a thickness of not less X [μm] which is calculated according to the below equations (1) to (3): | 02-12-2015 |
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20100083929 | INTAKE SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake system for an internal combustion engine, includes a rotary valve including a casing provided with a first port, a second port and an outlet port, and a rotatable valve member accommodated in the casing and rotated by an actuator, a first intake passage fluidically connecting a surge tank and the first port, a second intake passage fluidically connecting the surge tank and the second port and a third intake passage fluidically connecting a cylinder and the outlet port, wherein a first state where the outlet port is throttled and at least one of the first port and the second port is opened, or a second state where the outlet port, and at least one of the first port and the second port are opened, is selectively established. | 04-08-2010 |
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20140165948 | INTAKE MANIFOLD - An intake manifold capable of discharging oil or water in a liquid reservoir in a stable manner includes an introduction section for introducing air to a combustion chamber of an engine, a liquid reservoir provided under the introduction section for retaining a liquid medium, a differential pressure tank including a first chamber, a second chamber, and a differential pressure valve for regulating flow from the second chamber to the first chamber, a return passage for allowing the liquid medium accumulated in the liquid reservoir to return to the first chamber from the liquid reservoir when the pressure in the second chamber is higher than the pressure in the first chamber, and an exhaust passage for discharging the liquid medium having flown into the second chamber from the first chamber to the instruction section when the pressure in the second chamber is lower than the pressure in the first chamber. | 06-19-2014 |
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20090197399 | METHOD OF GROWING GROUP III-V COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRON DEVICE - Provided are a method of growing a group III-V compound semiconductor, and method of manufacturing a light-emitting device and an electron device, in which risks are reduced and nitrogen can be efficiently supplied at low temperatures. | 08-06-2009 |
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20110198566 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - A method for manufacturing a light emitting element is directed to a method for manufacturing a light emitting element of a III-V group compound semiconductor having a quantum well structure including In and N, including the steps of: forming a well layer including In and N; forming a barrier layer having a bandgap wider than a bandgap of the well layer; and supplying a gas including N and interrupting epitaxial growth after the step of forming the well layer and before the step of forming the barrier layer. In the step of interrupting epitaxial growth, the gas having decomposition efficiency higher than decomposition efficiency of decomposition from N | 08-18-2011 |
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20090298142 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A USEFUL SUBSTANCE BY USE OF AN IMMOBILIZED ENZYME - The present invention provides a method for producing a useful substance by supplying, to a fixed-bed reactor packed with an immobilized enzyme, a liquid mixture containing two liquid phases, in which the two liquid phases are allowed to flow in an identical, parallel direction, which method employs a fixed-bed reactor equipped with an insertion unit or tubes, so as to form a plurality of lumens in the fixed-bed reactor, each lumen having a cross section of a circular shape with a diameter of 100 mm or less or having a polygonal shape with a diagonal line of 100 mm or less, wherein the lumens are packed with an immobilized enzyme and the liquid mixture is supplied therethrough. In a reaction performed by passing a reaction mixture exhibiting two liquid phases through a fixed-bed reactor equipped with an immobilized enzyme, overall flow of the reaction liquid is made uniform, to thereby facilitate production of a useful substance in an efficient manner. | 12-03-2009 |
20100041114 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING USEFUL SUBSTANCE WITH IMMOBILIZED ENZYME - The present invention relates to a process for producing a useful substance, which includes feeding a liquid mixture formed of two liquid phases into a fixed bed-type reaction column packed with an immobilized enzyme, and performing a reaction while allowing the liquid mixture to flow in the same direction in a co-current manner, wherein the fixed bed-type reaction column has partition plates inserted in the longitudinal direction of the fixed bed-type reaction column so as to form a plurality of tube-shaped structures, wherein each tube-shaped structure has a lateral cross-section which is circular or polygonal in shape with at least a part being unclosed and has a representative length of | 02-18-2010 |
20100047883 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING USEFUL SUBSTANCE USING IMMOBILIZED ENZYME - The present invention relates to a process for producing a useful substance, the process including feeding a liquid mixture formed of two liquid phases into a fixed bed-type reaction column packed with an immobilized enzyme, and allowing the liquid mixture to flow in the same direction in a co-current manner to perform a reaction, wherein the packing thickness of the immobilized enzyme per stage of the fixed bed-type reaction column having an equivalent circular diameter of 35 mmφ or larger is 10 to 200 mm. | 02-25-2010 |
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20090011320 | CATALYST-SUPPORTING POWDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The catalyst-supporting powder is in form of an agglomerate formed by agglomeration of a fluorine atom-containing polymer material, a catalyst metal, a cation exchange resin, and a carbon material and the polymer material is contained in the inside of the agglomerate. | 01-08-2009 |
20110111286 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION CONTAINING MAGNESIUM IONS, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing magnesium ions which shows excellent electrochemical characteristics and which can be manufactured in a general manufacturing environment such as a dry room, and an electrochemical device using the same are provided. A Mg battery has a positive-electrode can | 05-12-2011 |
20110115440 | SECONDARY BATTERY CHARGE METHOD AND BATTERY CHARGER - Disclosed herein is a secondary battery charge method, including the steps of: conducting a pulsed charge control adapted to conduct a pulsed charge by repeating a cycle of a charge condition and a pause condition of a secondary battery at predetermined intervals; detecting a voltage detection adapted to detect the voltage of the secondary battery; determining a charge termination determination adapted to determine whether to terminate the charge of the secondary battery based on the battery voltage in a pause condition detected by the voltage detection step; and terminating a charge termination control adapted to terminate the pulsed charge when it has been determined by the charge termination determination step that the charge should be terminated. | 05-19-2011 |
20110274974 | THIN FILM SOLID STATE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery is able to be charged and discharged in the air and manufactured stably at a favorable yield. The thin film solid state lithium ion secondary battery has an electric insulating substrate formed from an organic resin, an inorganic insulating film provided on the substrate face, a cathode-side current collector film, a cathode active material film, a solid electrolyte film, an anode potential formation layer, and an anode-side current collector film. The cathode-side current collector film and/or the anode-side current collector film is formed on the inorganic insulating film face. The anode potential formation layer is a layer formed from the same material as that of the cathode active material film or a material different from that of the cathode active material film and is a layer provided for forming anode potential at the time of discharge. | 11-10-2011 |
20120034531 | ELECTROLYTE AND SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery capable of safely improving a battery performance is provided. An electrolyte with which a separator | 02-09-2012 |
20120058385 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE CELL - A solid electrolyte cell includes: a positive electrode side layer; a negative electrode side layer; and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode side layer and the negative electrode side layer, wherein the negative electrode side layer includes a negative electrode side current collector layer; the negative electrode side current collector layer includes a first negative electrode side current collector layer disposed on a side close to the solid electrolyte layer, and a second negative electrode side current collector layer disposed on a side remote from the solid electrolyte layer; the first negative electrode side current collector layer includes copper, nickel, or an alloy containing any of copper and nickel, or stainless steel; and the second negative electrode side current collector layer includes aluminum, silver, or an alloy containing any of aluminum and silver. | 03-08-2012 |
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20130337328 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION CONTAINING MAGNESIUM IONS, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing magnesium ions which shows excellent electrochemical characteristics and which can be manufactured in a general manufacturing environment such as a dry room, and an electrochemical device using the same are provided. A Mg battery has a positive-electrode can | 12-19-2013 |
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20100246673 | DYNAMIC IMAGE RECEIVING APPARATUS, DYNAMIC IMAGE RECEIVING METHOD AND PROGRAM - To provide a dynamic image receiving apparatus which receives dynamic image streams coded with inter-frame prediction such as MPEG from a plurality of channels, and collects the dynamic image streams containing intra-frame coded pictures from each channel in a short time. The dynamic image receiving apparatus includes: a time information accumulative processing device which accumulates code receiving time of the intra-frame coded picture of the dynamic image stream, and periodicity time information containing one of or both of presentation time information and decoding time information contained in the dynamic image stream for each dynamic image stream of the plurality of channels; code receiving time predicting devices which predict the code receiving time of the intra-frame coded pictures based on the periodicity time information; and a channel selection control device which controls channel selection of the dynamic image stream to be received based on the predicted code receiving time information. | 09-30-2010 |
20110149169 | HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT GENERATING SYSTEM, METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - A high-quality content generating system provided with a feature amount extracting means for extracting the feature amounts of a plurality of pieces of content therefrom, a content grouping means for performing matching between the feature amounts of the plurality of pieces of content extracted by the feature amount extracting means, grouping the same content included in the plurality of pieces of content and the derived content produced by using the same content, and calculating same/derived content grouping information, and a high-quality content generating means for selecting pieces of content to be grouped by the same/derived content grouping information from the plurality of pieces of content and generating content with higher quality by using the selected content. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150419 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION ORDER DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A system comprising: a extraction unit that extracts from each content a signal feature series, being a series of signal features caused to correspond to positions on a time axis of the content; a generator for detects mutual similarity sections, being sections in which the signal features for different contents are similar to each other, from said signal feature series for each content, and generates the content to which each mutual similarity section belongs, information for specifying the position of the above mutual similarity section on the time axis of the content, and a link indicative of a correspondence relation of the mutual similarity section as mutual similarity section link information; and a determination unit that determines a reproduction order of the content based upon a relationship of the position of the mutual similarity section on the time axis of the content that said mutual similarity section link information indicates. | 06-23-2011 |
20120275515 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, AND VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM - A video encoding device includes a re-encoding picture type judgment unit which judges whether a picture is to be taken as a reference picture or not in a subsequent re-encoding process. A prediction error generation unit generates a prediction error signal so that only a picture to be a reference picture is formed when an encoded picture is formed. The video encoding device includes a quantization control unit for, when the re-encoding picture type judgment unit judges that the picture is to be taken as a reference picture in the subsequent re-encoding process, controlling so that a quantization step for quantization by a quantization unit is smaller than a case where the picture is judged to be taken as a non-reference picture. | 11-01-2012 |
20120307898 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE AND VIDEO DECODING DEVICE - To efficiently reduce contour and stair-step artifacts. | 12-06-2012 |
20130039411 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, AND VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM - A video encoding device includes a re-encoding picture type judgment unit which judges whether a picture is to be taken as a reference picture or not in a subsequent re-encoding process, and a refresh unit sets no refreshed unit area in the picture when the picture is judged by the re-encoding picture type judgment unit to be taken as a non-reference picture in the subsequent re-encoding process, but sets, when the picture is judged to be taken as a reference picture, a refreshed unit area in the picture to be taken as a reference picture so as to include an area corresponding to a refreshed unit area which should have been set in a picture to be taken as a non-reference picture. | 02-14-2013 |
20130101037 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video encoding device includes: pixel bit length increasing means for increasing a pixel bit length of an input image based on pixel bit length increase information; transform means for transforming output data of the pixel bit length increasing means; entropy encoding means for entropy-encoding output data of the transform means; non-compression encoding means for non-compression-encoding input data; multiplexed data selection means for selecting output data of the entropy encoding means or output data of the non-compression encoding means; and multiplexing means for multiplexing the pixel bit length increase information in a bitstream, wherein a pixel bit length of an image corresponding to the output data of the entropy encoding means and a pixel bit length of an image corresponding to the output data of the non-compression encoding means are different from each other. | 04-25-2013 |
20130114690 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE AND VIDEO DECODING DEVICE - To efficiently reduce contour and stair-step artifacts. | 05-09-2013 |
20130121407 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE AND VIDEO DECODING DEVICE - A video encoding device and a video decoding device prevent an increase in the number of lines of a reference line buffer in a pseudo random noise injection process. The video encoding device includes: an inverse quantization unit for inverse-quantizing a quantization index to obtain a quantization representative value; an inverse frequency transform unit for inverse-transforming the quantization representative value obtained by the inverse quantization unit, to obtain a reconstructed image block; and an asymmetrical distortion removal filter unit for injecting pseudo random noise to an area asymmetrical about a boundary of the reconstructed image block. | 05-16-2013 |
20130188835 | FEELING-EXPRESSING-WORD PROCESSING DEVICE, FEELING-EXPRESSING-WORD PROCESSING METHOD, AND FEELING-EXPRESSING-WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present approach enables an impression of the atmosphere of a scene or an object present in the scene at the time of photography to be pictured in a person's mind as though the person were actually at the photographed scene. A feeling-expressing-word processing device has: a feeling information calculating unit | 07-25-2013 |
20130223514 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video encoding device includes: transform means | 08-29-2013 |
20130279747 | FEELING-EXPRESSING-WORD PROCESSING DEVICE, FEELING-EXPRESSING-WORD PROCESSING METHOD, AND FEELING-EXPRESSING-WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present approach enables an impression of the atmosphere of a scene or an object present being photographed to be pictured in a person's mind as if the person were actually at the photographed scene. A feeling-expressing-word processing device has: a feeling information calculating unit for analyzing a photographed image, and calculating feeling information which indicates a situation of a scene portrayed in the photographed image, a condition of an object present in the scene, a temporal change in the scene, or a movement of the object; a feeling-expressing-word extracting unit for extracting, from among feeling-expressing words which express feelings and are stored in a feeling-expressing-word database in association with the feeling information, a feeling-expressing word which corresponds to the feeling information calculated by the feeling information calculating unit; and a superimposing unit for superimposing the feeling-expressing word extracted by the feeling-expressing-word extracting unit on the photographed image. | 10-24-2013 |
20130294510 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video encoding device includes a planar prediction unit using planar prediction, and a noise injecting unit for injecting pseudo-random noise into a prediction image of a planar prediction block when a reconstructed prediction error value for planar prediction is less than a threshold determined by the size of the planar prediction block. The video encoding device then uses the pseudo-random noise in linear interpolation for calculating the prediction image, based on the conditions under which a gradient distortion occurs, to suppress the gradient distortion. | 11-07-2013 |
20130322542 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video encoding device includes encoding control means | 12-05-2013 |
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20140056349 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE - A video encoding device includes: a quantization step size encoding unit | 02-27-2014 |
20140105282 | METHOD FOR CODING VIDEO QUANTIZATION PARAMETER AND METHOD FOR DECODING VIDEO QUANTIZATION PARAMETER - A video quantization parameter encoder includes: a prediction unit | 04-17-2014 |