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20100265356 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image capturing appartus and image processing program - There is described an image processing method, which makes it possible to continuously and appropriately corrects excessiveness or shortage of light amount in the flesh-color area. The image processing method includes: a light source condition index calculating process for calculating an index representing a light source condition of the captured image data; a correction value calculating process for calculating a correction value of the reproduction target value, corresponding to the index representing the light source condition; a first gradation conversion condition calculating process for calculating a gradation conversion condition for the captured image data, based on the correction value of the reproduction target value; an exposure condition index calculating process for calculating an index representing an exposure condition of the captured image data; and a second gradation conversion condition calculating process for calculating a gradation conversion condition for the captured image data, corresponding to the index representing the exposure condition. | 10-21-2010 |
20110279319 | Communication Device, Communication Control Method and Communication System - To enable high-speed learning of an antenna directionality to be used for millimeter-wave communication, there is provided a communication device including a first radio communication unit capable of radio communication in accordance with a first communication method, and a second radio communication unit capable of radio communication in accordance with a second communication method using a higher frequency band than the first communication method, in which, upon receiving an instruction signal instructing to learn a beam directionality, the first radio communication unit determines a reception start time point of a beam reference signal based on the instruction signal, and the second radio communication unit starts reception of the beam reference signal from the reception start time point determined by the first radio communication unit and determines a parameter value for specifying an optimum beam pattern based on the received beam reference signal. | 11-17-2011 |
20120076070 | BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND RELAY DEVICE - A base station including an allocation unit for allocating the downlink of the relay link or the access link and the downlink of the direct link to a resource block included in a same resource block group, and allocating the uplink of the relay link or the access link and the uplink of the direct link to a resource block included in a same resource block group. | 03-29-2012 |
20120230217 | USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A user equipment includes radio communication unit that performs radio communication with a base station over a communication channel formed by aggregating a plurality of component carriers. The user equipment has a measurement unit that measures a channel quality of the communication channel, and a controller that creates a measurement report using a result of the measurement and sends the measurement report to the base station. Each data signal transmitted over the communication channel is classified into any of two or more classes depending on a QoS requirement thereof. The radio communication unit receives control information related to a mapping between each of the plurality of component carriers and the class of each data signal from the base station, and the controller controls at least one of the measurement and the sending of the measurement report, according to a procedure which varies depending on the control information. A base station performs associated functions, according to a communication method involving allocation of data to component carriers based at least in part on channel quality criteria for different data classifications. | 09-13-2012 |
20120236829 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER, USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to embodiments, a base station includes a radio communication unit configured to establish communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers. The base station further includes a control unit configured to transmit a command to the mobile communication terminal to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one prior to handover of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to another base station. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236830 | USER EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile station in a wireless communication network. The mobile station including a radio communication unit that communicates with a first base station via a plurality of component carriers, and a control unit that controls the radio communication unit to initiate a handover procedure to a second base station after receiving at least one handover command. | 09-20-2012 |
20120243510 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER, USER EQUIPMENT, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile station in a wireless communication network. The mobile station includes a radio communication that transmits an access request message to a base station via a first communication resource, and receives a timing adjustment in response to the access request message from the base station. The mobile station also includes an adjustment value storage unit that stores the timing adjustment, and a control unit that adjusts access timing corresponding to a second communication resource based on the timing adjustment value stored in the adjustment value storage unit. The radio communication unit then communicates with the base station via the first communication resource and the second communication resource. | 09-27-2012 |
20120314606 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HANDOVER, USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a method for controlling a handover from a first base station to a second base station by a user equipment that performs radio communication over a communication channel formed by aggregating a plurality of component carriers, wherein scheduling information on each component carrier is transmitted to the user equipment according to either of a straight scheduling method and a cross scheduling method, and the method includes at the first base station, commanding first the user equipment to perform a handover from the first base station to the second base station on a second component carrier to be operated according to the straight scheduling method in the second base station, when it is determined that a handover on a first component carrier following the cross scheduling method is to be executed. | 12-13-2012 |
20140044100 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER, USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to embodiments, a base station includes a radio communication unit configured to establish communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers. The base station further includes a control unit configured to transmit a command to the mobile communication terminal to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one prior to handover of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to another base station. | 02-13-2014 |
20140044101 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER, USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to embodiments, a base station includes a radio communication unit configured to establish communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers. The base station further includes a control unit configured to transmit a command to the mobile communication terminal to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one prior to handover of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to another base station. | 02-13-2014 |
20140105013 | USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A user equipment includes radio communication unit that performs radio communication with a base station over a communication channel formed by aggregating a plurality of component carriers. The user equipment has a measurement unit that measures a channel quality of the communication channel, and a controller that creates a measurement report using a result of the measurement and sends the measurement report to the base station. Each data signal transmitted over the communication channel is classified into any of two or more classes depending on a QoS requirement thereof. The radio communication unit receives control information related to a mapping between each of the plurality of component carriers and the class of each data signal from the base station, and the controller controls at least one of the measurement and the sending of the measurement report, according to a procedure which varies depending on the control information. A base station performs associated functions, according to a communication method involving allocation of data to component carriers based at least in part on channel quality criteria for different data classifications. | 04-17-2014 |
20140233531 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER, USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to embodiments, a base station includes a radio communication unit configured to establish communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers. The base station further includes a control unit configured to transmit a command to the mobile communication terminal to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one prior to handover of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to another base station. | 08-21-2014 |
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20090031558 | MOUNTING APPARATUS MOUNTING SURFACE-MOUNTED DEVICE ON RECEIVING DEVICE USING ULTRASONIC VIBRATION - A mounting apparatus applies ultrasonic vibration exactly to a junction between a SMD and a SMD receiving device and maintains the junction at the suitable temperature, in simple construction in ultrasonic bonding of the SMD and the SMD receiving device held by holding unit. This includes SMD holding unit, SMD receiving device holding unit, moving unit moving at least one of the SMD holding unit and SMD receiving device holding units to contact each other, vibration generating unit applying ultrasonic vibration to the a contact portion between the SMD and the SMD receiving device, pressing unit applying an bias force between the SMD and SMD receiving device, heating unit arranged movably so as to surround in a noncontact manner a portion of the SMD holding unit near the SMD and heating the SMD holding unit, and interlocking unit interlocking the heating unit with the SMD holding unit. | 02-05-2009 |
20090042998 | CATALYST FOR METHANATION OF CARBON OXIDES, PREPARATION METHOD OF THE CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR THE METHANATION - Disclosed is a catalyst for methanation reaction producing methane with high conversion by reaction of hydrogen with carbon dioxide, or a gas mixture of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, or a gas mixture containing these compounds as the main components. The catalyst is prepared by the steps of mixing (A) aqueous zirconia sol with salts of (B) stabilizing element(s), which is selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Dy, Ca and Mg, and (C) iron group element(s), drying and calcining the mixture to obtain a catalyst precursor, and subsequent reduction of the precursor. The catalyst comprises, by atomic %, A: 18-70%, B: 1-20% and C: 25-80% based on the elemental states of the metals. The catalyst is characterized by multiple oxide of tetragonal zirconia structure, in which not only the stabilizing element(s) but also a part of the iron group element(s) is incorporated, and on which the iron group element(s) in the metallic state is supported. | 02-12-2009 |
20140289553 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Certain embodiments provide an integrated circuit comprising: plural devices; a processor; a DMA controller; a bus; and a failure diagnostic device connected to the DMA controller and diagnoses failure of the DMA controller, the failure diagnostic device including: a timer of which a limit time is set up by the processor for the time from a notification of a transfer request to the DMA controller down to output of a transfer source address signal to the bus and starts a timing operation in response to the notification; a monitor that stops the timing operation in response to the output from the DMA controller to the bus; and a detector that detects occurrence of a failure according to an excess of an outcome of the timing operation stopped by the monitor over the limit time. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090039997 | Metal Terminal, Coil Component, and Method for Holding and Fixing Conductive Wire - The present invention provides a metal terminal that can hold and fix a conductive wire thereto without excessive deformation. In the metal terminal of this invention, a predetermined relationship is set between a length in the lengthwise direction and a width in the widthwise direction of a conductive wire winding portion and a diameter of the conductive wire wound around the conductive wire winding portion to reduce force applied to the conductive wire when holding and fixing the conductive wire. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041991 | Method for Manufacturing Inks, and Inks, Printed Matter and Shaped Products Based on Method Thereof - Provided is a method for manufacturing inkjet system ultraviolet curable inks which are improved in formability, adhesiveness and tackiness by selecting a combination of a monofunctional radical polymerization monomer as a major component with other polyfunctional radical polymerization oligomers and/or monofunctional radical polymerization monomers. | 02-12-2009 |
20140131902 | GAS SEPARATION APPARATUS AND PACKING - Provided is a gas separation apparatus advantageous in suppression of increase in pressure loss and achievement of reduced size and weight, thereby reducing costs. The gas separation apparatus causes an absorbent to flow down along the surface of a packing arranged in a treatment chamber, and supplies to the treatment chamber a gas to be treated which contains a target gas component, and then causes the gas to be treated and the absorbent flowing down along the surface of the packing to come into gas-liquid contact. Thus the target gas component contained in the gas to be treated is absorbed into the absorbent and separated or recovered from the gas to be treated. The packing has at least one packing unit configured by a plurality of expanded metal plates standing vertically and being aligned. | 05-15-2014 |
20140369913 | METHOD OF RECOVERING CARBON DIOXIDE AND RECOVERY APPARATUS - The carbon dioxide recovery method and apparatus are capable of reducing energy for regenerating the absorbing liquid and operating cost. An absorption column has first and second absorbing sections that a gas is supplied through the first absorbing section to the second absorbing section and the absorbing liquid absorbs carbon dioxide. A regeneration column regenerating the absorbing liquid has first and second regenerating sections. The first regenerating section has an external heating implement and the second regenerating section is heated by the gas discharged from the first regeneration section. Circulation mechanism has a circulation system circulating the absorbing liquid between the second absorbing section and the first regenerating section, and a branch path branched from the circulation system. A part of the absorbing liquid circulating the circulation system flows from the second absorbing section through the first absorbing section and the second regenerating section successively to the first regenerating section. | 12-18-2014 |
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20080263073 | DETECTING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND DETECTING METHOD - A detecting apparatus including a cluster storing unit that stores, for each of clusters into which execution time of previously executed monitored tasks are classified, the range of execution times belonging to the cluster, an acquiring unit that acquires an execution time of the monitored task in response to new execution of the monitored task on the information processing apparatus, and a determining unit that determines the occurrence of an extraordinary behavior during the execution of the monitored task if the execution time of the newly executed monitored task does not fall within any of the ranges corresponding to the clusters. | 10-23-2008 |
20090222646 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PROCESSOR BEHAVIOR USING INSTRUCTION TRACE DATA - A method and apparatus for detecting processor behavior in real time using instruction trace data, in one aspect, identifies one or more call addresses from which a function to be observed is called and establishes one or more end addresses of the function. Said one or more call addresses and said one or more end addresses are stored, and compared with a branch address contained in the instruction trace data to detect start and end of the function dynamically in real time. | 09-03-2009 |
20090271553 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING TRACE INFORMATION OF MULTIPLE PROCESSORS ON AN SOC USING A SEGMENTED TRACE RING BUS TO ENABLE A FLEXIBLE TRACE OUTPUT CONFIGURATION - An integrated bus architecture for transmitting trace information from a plurality of processors included on an integrated chip having one or more peripheral I/O channels comprises a segmented bus having a plurality of segments arranged in a ring topology and configured to transmit trace information in a circular pathway from upstream segments to downstream segments, and one or more trace output circuits each connected to a respective segment and each including a switch configured to be dynamically toggled between enabled and disabled states. The plurality of segments includes a respective segment for each processor having a coupling unit connected to a trace port of the processor. The coupling unit is configured to receive trace information from the trace port, to receive trace information from the adjacent upstream segment, and to transmit items of trace information to the adjacent downstream segment. Each trace output circuit is configured to transmit trace information to a respective peripheral I/O channel when in the enabled state. Each trace output circuit is configured to transmit trace information to the adjacent downstream segment when in the disabled state. | 10-29-2009 |
20140294051 | Transmitting Device, Receiving Device, Circuit Device, Communication Method and Program - A transmitting device, a receiving device, a circuit device, and a communication method to reduce problems due to coupling present between the transmitting device and the receiving device. The transmitting device including: a model storage unit for storing a change model for a reference level of a signal on the receiving device end due to coupling between the transmitting device and a receiving device; a compensation calculating unit for calculating a compensation value for offsetting a change in the reference level of the signal constituting a symbol sequence; and an output waveform changing unit for changing an output waveform of the signal constituting the symbol sequence on the basis of the compensation value for the change in the reference level. | 10-02-2014 |
20140301434 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CIRCUIT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus, method, and system that reduce adverse effects caused by coupling between a transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus. The transmission apparatus includes a monitoring section that monitors an index value for a total amount of bias of a signal level in signals, a symbol identifying section that identifies a target symbol to be changed in a transmission symbol sequence comprising the signals, based on the index value for the total amount of bias of the signal level, a symbol position changing section that changes a position of the target symbol to a position of a signal point serving to reduce the bias of the signal level, and a transmission section that transmits signals included in the changed transmission symbol sequence to a reception apparatus. | 10-09-2014 |
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20110292465 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes image reader reading an image of a manuscript which is placed on a manuscript platen, and size detector detecting a size of the manuscript, wherein the image reader slides inside a chassis, which is arranged below the manuscript platen, in parallel to the manuscript platen and reads the image of the manuscript, wherein the size detector includes two light sensors each of which is composed of a pair of light emitter emitting light toward the manuscript platen from a position under the manuscript platen, and light receiver receiving reflection light which is reflected by the manuscript, wherein the light emitter and the light receiver are mounted on one substrate so that each line connecting the light emitter with the light receiver of the light sensor may be on one straight line, and wherein the size detector is arranged at one internal side area of the chassis, which does not overlap with an area through which the image reader slides, so that the line connecting the light emitter with the light receiver may be parallel to a sliding direction of the image reader. | 12-01-2011 |
20130044334 | ORIGINAL DOCUMENT SIZE DETECTION DEVICE - An original document size detection device of the present invention is characterized by comprising a document reading table, a light source which irradiates an original document placed on the document reading table, a cover body which covers the original document, a light detection unit which detects a reflected light that a light from the light source is reflected by the original document and an external light that enters the surface of the document reading table when the cover body is lifted, a masking unit which masks an output signal based on the external light in the output signal of the light detection unit based on the reflected light and the external light, and a determination unit which determines a size of the original document in a main scanning direction based on the output signal of the light detection unit that is masked by the masking unit. | 02-21-2013 |
20130044357 | ORIGINAL DOCUMENT SIZE DETECTION DEVICE - An original document size detection device characterized by comprising a document reading table, a light source which irradiates an original document placed on the document reading table, a cover body which covers the original document, a light detection unit which detects a reflected light that a light from the light source is reflected by the original document, an angle detection unit which detects an opening angle of the cover body and has a first photo sensor, a second photo sensor, a third photo sensor, and a shield plate, and a determination unit which determines the size of the original document in a sub-scanning direction when the opening angle of the cover body is equal to an angle al and the size of the original document in a main scanning direction when the opening angle of the cover body is equal to an angle α | 02-21-2013 |
20140036324 | LIGHT COLLECTING MEMBER, AND OPTICAL MODULE AND IMAGE READING DEVICE HAVING THE LIGHT COLLECTING MEMBER - A light collecting member includes a lens to make incident light be collected on a light receiving member, a lens barrel to house the lens, an end portion into which a light enters of the lens barrel being arranged near the light receiving member and a fence member to cover the end portion into which a light enters of the lens barrel and the light receiving member, the fence member having an exhaust port formed in a manner extending in a vertical direction. | 02-06-2014 |
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20090128507 | DISPLAY METHOD OF INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - The information display apparatus is equipped with: a display unit for displaying a plurality of choice items in the list form; a control unit for controlling an array of the choice items; and a track ball for instructing a coordinate signal. The choice items are displayed in a matrix array constructed of N rows M columns in which the choice items are sequentially arranged from an upper portion to a lower portion of said matrix array, and along right and left directions thereof; magnification is changed based upon a coordinate signal of the track ball along a Y-axis direction; a display screen is scrolled along right/left directions based upon a coordinate signal of the track ball along an X-axis direction; and the matrix array is changed based upon a number of rows to be displayed in correspondence with increased/decreased numbers of the rows. | 05-21-2009 |
20100199208 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - An information display device having an operability-improved trackball is provided. A control unit has a mechanism for displaying in such a manner that a second information display region is provided separately from a first information display region, an operation button region is arranged and displayed in a region between them, the second information display region is set as a cursor display prohibition region, and even if the operation is vigorously executed by operating the trackball, a cursor does not enter the second information display region but the cursor stops in the operation button region and one of the operation buttons in the operation button region is selected. | 08-05-2010 |
20100250174 | SAMPLE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT SERVER THEREOF - A management server of a sample inspection system includes sample processing information generated on the basis of inspection request data, facility data, a simulation execution portion and a window generation portion for generating a monitor window. The inspection request data contains a priority, an order time, a required time and inspection items and the sample processing information contains an inspection start time and an inspection estimate finish time. The monitor window has a work area in which the samples represented by sample bars parallel to the abscissa are arranged in a vertical direction and a past record and a future schedule are allocated to this abscissa with the present time as the base. The sample bars display a simulation execution portion for executing simulation on the basis of the inspection start time, the inspection estimate finish time and a delay time. The management server displays the simulation result. | 09-30-2010 |
20110169836 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - Even when an operator wishes to confirm multiple kinds of measurement result information related to a sample, if not all of the desired information can be simultaneously displayed in a limited display area, the operator will be heavily burdened since he or she needs to execute a large number of operating steps to confirm multiple kinds of detailed measurement result information while repeating the opening/closing of subwindows and/or window-switching operations. In particular, if a measurement result alarm occurs, the operator will be unable to respond rapidly, even when he or she wishes to confirm the detailed information in an attempt to investigate the probable causes of the alarm. | 07-14-2011 |
20130009988 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZING DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - An automatic analyzing device has an easy-to-use user interface. In particular, the automatic analyzing device for analyzing samples has a reaction disk to which samples are dispensed conveyed through a conveying path; a control unit that controls movement of the reaction disk; and a display unit that is controlled by the control unit and displays various screens. A sample list including sample IDs and states of analysis of the samples is displayed on a display screen of the display unit so that the sample IDs and the states of analysis can be selected, such that a menu displaying button for displaying processing menus for the sample selected in the sample list is displayed at the sample, and such that options of the menus for the sample are displayed as menu buttons when the menu displaying button is indicated. | 01-10-2013 |
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20090197093 | PRINTING INK COMPOSITION OF SOLVENT RECOVERY/REUSE TYPE, DILUENT SOLVENT, AND METHOD OF REUSING RECOVERED SOLVENT - A method of recovering and recycling solvents, comprising, during printing or coating of solvent-recoverable and recyclable printing ink composition comprising solvents, a step of recovering the solvents vaporized in a solvent recovery apparatus, a step of separating the solvents obtained into one or more single solvents and/or one or more azeotropic compositions of two or more solvents by multi-stage distillation, and a step of recycling them as a printing ink raw material and/or dilution solvent raw material. | 08-06-2009 |
20100247876 | PRINTING INK COMPOSITION FOR LAMINATE - There is provided an ink composition containing a colorant, a solvent, and a binder composed of 80 to 98% by weight of a polyurethane resin, 0.5 to 5% by weight of a cellulose acetate alkylate resin and 1.0 to 15% by weight of a polyvinyl butyral resin, based on the solids content, in which composition the polyurethane resin is obtained by reacting a reaction product between (A) a polyether diol compound having a Mn of 1,000 to 5,000, or a mixture of the compound and a polyester diol having a Mn of 1,000 to 5,000, and (B) a diisocyanate compound, with (C) a hydroxyldialkylamine having a molecular weight of 50 to 300 and having one hydroxyl group in a molecule, and further reacting the product with (D) a chain extending agent; and a molar ratio of the OH group of the component (C) to the NCO group of the component (B) is 0.05 to 0.35. | 09-30-2010 |
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20090175183 | DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Since OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing), which is a downlink access scheme used for an LTE (Long Term Evolution) communication system, is weak at interference, it is preferable that the number of base stations for transmitting the same E-MBMS (Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) data be not excessive. | 07-09-2009 |
20090180414 | Mobile Communication System and Mobile Terminal - A mobile terminal judges whether or not the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DTX period during Active, and, when judging that the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DTX period during Active, notifies a base station to that effect. If the base station judges that the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DRX period during Active when triggered by the notification from the mobile terminal, the base station temporarily stops supply of electric power to the data transmission processing units and the data reception processing units of the mobile terminal. | 07-16-2009 |
20100061285 | DATA COMMUNICATIONS METHOD AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - In a communications system including a base station capable of altering a frequency bandwidth which is used for transmitting broadcast data for providing point-to-multipoint broadcasting communications service and which is used for transmitting individual communications data for providing point-to-point individual communications service, and a mobile terminal capable of altering a receivable bandwidth which is used for receiving at least the broadcast data and the individual communications data transmitted from the base station, decision processing of making a decision as to whether the mobile terminal can receive reception-desired content it desires to receive among contents provided by the broadcasting communications service is executed in accordance with a frequency occupying bandwidth used for transmitting the reception-desired content. Thus, the mobile terminal becomes able to make a decision as to whether it can receive particular E-MBMS content considering its own UE position. | 03-11-2010 |
20100150013 | CALIBRATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, FREQUENCY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A calibration method according to the present invention includes a step of first channel estimating for transmitting a pilot signal from a first antenna and receiving the pilot signal at a second antenna different from the first antenna to calculate a first channel estimation value; a step of second channel estimating for transmitting a plot signal from the second antenna and receiving the pilot signal at the first antenna to calculate a second channel estimation value; and a step of correction coefficient calculating for calculating, by using the first and second channel estimation values, a correction coefficient. | 06-17-2010 |
20110090836 | DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Since OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing), which is a downlink access scheme used for an LTE (Long Term Evolution) communication system, is weak at interference, it is preferable that the number of base stations for transmitting the same E-MBMS (Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) data be not excessive. | 04-21-2011 |
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20140056201 | DATA COMMUNICATIONS METHOD AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - In a communications system including a base station capable of altering a frequency bandwidth which is used for transmitting broadcast data for providing point-to-multipoint broadcasting communications service and which is used for transmitting individual communications data for providing point-to-point individual communications service, and a mobile terminal capable of altering a receivable bandwidth which is used for receiving at least the broadcast data and the individual communications data transmitted from the base station, decision processing of making a decision as to whether the mobile terminal can receive reception-desired content it desires to receive among contents provided by the broadcasting communications service is executed in accordance with a frequency occupying bandwidth used for transmitting the reception-desired content. Thus, the mobile terminal becomes able to make a decision as to whether it can receive particular E-MBMS content considering its own UE position. | 02-27-2014 |
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20110053974 | CARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND - To find a therapeutic agent and/or a preventive agent for diabetes mellitus or the like having excellent activity and safety. A compound represented by the following general formula (I), or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, X represents ═C(R5)- or ═N—; Y represents —O— or —NH—; L represents a bond or a substitutable C1-C3 alkylene group; M represents a substitutable C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a substitutable C6-C10 aryl group, or a substitutable heterocyclic group; R | 03-03-2011 |
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20140221391 | CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE COMPOUND - To find a therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for gastrointestinal disorders and so on, the agent having excellent activity and high safety. A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, A represents an optionally substituted phenylene group; B represents an optionally substituted 4- to 10-membered heterocyclic group, an optionally substituted C6-C10 aryl group, or an optionally substituted C3-C10 cycloalkyl group; R | 08-07-2014 |
20140221392 | CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE COMPOUND - To find a therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for gastrointestinal disorders and so on, the agent having excellent activity and high safety. A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, A represents an optionally substituted phenylene group; B represents an optionally substituted 4- to 10-membered heterocyclic group, an optionally substituted C6-C10 aryl group, or an optionally substituted C3-C10 cycloalkyl group; R | 08-07-2014 |
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20090000637 | Eye Form Classifying Method, Form Classification Map, And Eye Cosmetic Treatment Method - A classifying method according to an eye form considers the eye form feature as an important factor, to provide an eye cosmetic treatment method for appropriately and quickly making up the eye so that the eye balances and looks large and attractive according to the type categorized by the classifying method. A makeup tool is devised by integrating an eye form feature analyzing method with a form shaping method by markup. An eye form classifying method uses as indexes, three forms, namely, the eye frame form showing the shape of the eye contour, the eye form showing the three-dimensional shape of the eye, and the angle form of the inner corner and outer edge, the eye forms are classified. The eye forms are classified by comparing the eye form with the eye form of a reference balanced eye. | 01-01-2009 |
20090201365 | Skin Condition Diagnosis System And Counseling System For Beauty - [Problem] To provide a system which can simplify operations at the time of diagnosis at the store, which enables even a beginner to diagnose a customer's skin condition, thereby achieving higher precision diagnostic results. | 08-13-2009 |
20100220933 | Face Categorizing Method, Face Categorizing Apparatus, Categorization Map, Face Categorizing Program, and Computer-Readable Medium Storing Program - A face categorizing apparatus for categorizing contours of a face of an examined subject is disclosed that includes image capturing means for capturing a face image of the face of the examined subject; control means for controlling operations for categorizing the face of the captured face image into one of at least four predetermined types of categories based on at least two indices including facial space and facial depth/bone structure/fleshiness; and indication means for indicating a categorization result of categorizing the face by the control means on a map having the four predetermined types of categories positioned at corresponding quadrants of a plane coordinate system. | 09-02-2010 |
20100288295 | MAKEUP METHOD, MAKEUP SIMULATION DEVICE, AND MAKEUP SIMULATION PROGRAM - A makeup method for applying makeup to a side face of a subject includes a side-face specific area extracting step of extracting a specific area from a side face rendered on a plane of a subject, a makeup area extracting step of extracting a makeup area of the subject to which the makeup is to be applied based on a plurality of thus extracted specific areas, and a makeup applying step of applying the makeup to a facial area of the subject corresponding to the extracted makeup area. | 11-18-2010 |
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20090031933 | DISPOSAL METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR EXHAUST GAS FROM COMBUSTION SYSTEM - Carbon dioxide in combustion exhaust gas can be effectively separated and the combustion exhaust gas including the other exhaust gas components condensed through the separation of carbon dioxide can be discharged to the atmosphere. | 02-05-2009 |
20090272300 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION IN OXYGEN FIRED BOILER - Provided are a method and an apparatus for controlling combustion in an oxygen fired boiler which are easily applicable to an existing air fired boiler for easy and stable control of the combustion. | 11-05-2009 |
20110239927 | AIR BUBBLE RECOVERY DEVICE OF SHIP - An air ejecting unit is configured to eject air into water from an air ejecting outlet provided in a ship bottom of a ship body. An air recovery device is configured to recover the air into the ship body from first to third air recovery inlets provided in the ship bottom. The first air recovery inlet is provided to cross the center line. The second air recovery inlet is provided to project on a port side from the first air recovery inlet. The third air recovery inlet is provided to project on a starboard side from the first air recovery inlet. The second and third air recovery inlets are arranged on a bow side from the first air recovery inlet. Each of the first to third air recovery inlets includes a plurality of air recovery holes. | 10-06-2011 |
20120055392 | AIR LUBRICATION DEVICE OF SHIP - An air lubrication apparatus of a ship includes an air ejecting unit and a restraining section. The air ejecting unit ejects air from the ship bottom. The restraining section restrains relative reduction of a thickness of an air layer which covers a center line region of the ship bottom. | 03-08-2012 |
20120097089 | FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE REDUCING DEVICE OF SHIP - A gas room is arranged in a hull to cross a longitudinal frame and to extend into a width direction. A scattering member is arranged in the gas room to cross the longitudinal frame and to extend into the width direction. Air blown into the gas room from an air supply pipe hits the scattering member to scatter into the width direction, and is blown from an air blowing hole formed in a bottom of the gas room into water. Because the gas room crosses the longitudinal frame and extends into the width direction, an air bubble flow with a wide width can be formed into the width direction by the single gas room. Therefore, the number of the gas rooms which are necessary to form the air bubble flow which covers the whole width of a ship bottom may be few, and the number of the air supply pipes which are provided every the gas room may be few. | 04-26-2012 |
20130098285 | AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEM OF SHIP - It is desired to provide an air lubrication system of an outer installation type with a good efficiency. An air recovering device includes a recovery side chamber provided on a bottom of a ship on a stern side from an air ejecting device which supplies air bubbles to the ship bottom, and comprising air intake holes formed in a portion of the recovery side chamber opposite to the ship bottom through a gap; and a recovering section recovering air inside a recovery side chamber. The air bubbles acquired from the air intake holes are once accumulated inside the recovery side chamber to generate pushing pressure occurs so that air can be smoothly recovered from the recovering section. | 04-25-2013 |
20130139746 | AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEM OF SHIP - A ship air lubrication system of an external installation type with good efficiency is desired to be provided. An air ejecting unit includes an ejecting side chamber installed in a ship bottom of a ship and having air ejecting holes formed in a surface opposite to the ship bottom on a lower side; and a supply section which supplies air into an inner space of the ejecting side chamber. When the air in the ejecting side chamber is ejected from the air ejecting holes, the air is sheared by an external water stream, and small air bubbles are supplied to the ship bottom. | 06-06-2013 |
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20100164120 | THROUGH-HOLE ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A through-hole electrode substrate related to an embodiment of the present invention is arranged with a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of through-holes, an insulating layer formed with an insulating material on the inner walls of the plurality of through-holes and on at least one surface of the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of through-hole electrodes formed with a metal material inside the through-hole, and a plurality of gas discharge parts formed to contact with each of the plurality of through-hole electrodes which is exposed on at least one surface of the semiconductor substrate, the plurality of gas discharge parts externally discharges gas which is discharged from the inside of the plurality of through-hole electrodes. | 07-01-2010 |
20110056740 | THROUGH-HOLE ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A through-hole electrode substrate includes a substrate including a plurality of through-holes, a plurality of through-hole electrodes arranged within each of the plurality of through-holes, and a first insulation layer arranged on one surface of the substrate, wherein the first insulation layer includes a plurality of first openings which expose each of the plurality of through-holes, the plurality of through-holes includes a leaning through-hole leaning from one surface to the other surface of the substrate, and each of the plurality of first openings is arranged to match an open position of the leaning through-hole. | 03-10-2011 |
20120220123 | THROUGH-HOLE ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A through-hole electrode substrate related to an embodiment of the present invention is arranged with a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of through-holes, an insulating layer formed with an insulating material on the inner walls of the plurality of through-holes and on at least one surface of the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of through-hole electrodes formed with a metal material inside the through-hole, and a plurality of gas discharge parts formed to contact with each of the plurality of through-hole electrodes which is exposed on at least one surface of the semiconductor substrate, the plurality of gas discharge parts externally discharges gas which is discharged from the inside of the plurality of through-hole electrodes. | 08-30-2012 |
20120248553 | SENSOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A sensor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided in which no resin seal is used when a sensor is packaged, a change in connection relation according to a change in specifications of the control IC and others is facilitated when a control IC is packaged together with the sensor and high reliability is kept. The sensor device of the present invention includes a substrate containing an organic material and being formed a wiring, a sensor arranged on the substrate and electrically connected to the wiring, and a package cap arranged on the substrate and containing an organic material and covering the sensor, and the inside of the package cap is hollow. | 10-04-2012 |
20130113055 | SENSOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SENSOR DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a sensor device is provided. The method prevents corrosion of metal electrodes of a sensor due to outside air with high humidity and preventing the occurrence of warpage of the sensor due to resin sealing of the sensor, thereby reducing the influence on sensor characteristics, and provides the sensor device. The method includes arranging a sensor on a substrate, the sensor having a fixed part, a movable part positioned inside the fixed part, a flexible part connecting the fixed part and the movable part, and a plurality of metal electrodes, electrically connecting the plurality of metal electrodes of the sensor and a plurality of terminals of the substrate with bonding wires, and covering portions of the plurality of metal electrodes of the sensor connected to the bonding wires with a resin so that a part of the bonding wires between the plurality of metal electrodes and the plurality of terminals is exposed. | 05-09-2013 |
20130328214 | THROUGH-HOLE ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE - A method of manufacturing a through-hole electrode substrate includes forming a plurality of through-holes in a substrate, forming a plurality of through-hole electrodes by filling a conductive material into the plurality of through-holes, forming a first insulation layer on one surface of the substrate, forming a plurality of first openings which expose the plurality of through-hole electrodes corresponding to each of the plurality of through-hole electrodes, on the first insulation layer and correcting a position of the plurality of first openings using the relationship between a misalignment amount of a measured distance value of an open position of a leaning through-hole among the plurality of through-holes and of a design distance value of the open position of the leaning through-hole among the plurality of through-holes with respect to a center position of the substrate. | 12-12-2013 |
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20090077464 | INPUT METHODS FOR DEVICE HAVING MULTI-LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT - Text input is corrected on a touch-sensitive display by presenting a list of candidate words in the interface which can be selected by touch input. The candidate list can include candidate words having two or more character types (e.g., Roman, kana, kanji). In one aspect, the candidate list can be scrolled using a finger gesture. When a user's finger traverses a candidate word and the touch is released, the candidate word is inserted into a document being edited. In another aspect, characters can be erased by touching a key (e.g., a backspace or delete key) and making a sliding, swiping, or other finger gesture. A number of characters proportional to a distance (e.g., a linear distance) of the finger gesture across the display are erased. If there are characters in a text input area, those characters are erased first, followed by characters in the document being edited. | 03-19-2009 |
20090265669 | LANGUAGE INPUT INTERFACE ON A DEVICE - Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus, including computer program products, for inputting text. A user interface element is presented on a touch-sensitive display of a device. The user interface element is associated with a plurality of characters, at least a subset of which is associated with respective gestures. A user input performing a gesture with respect to the user interface element is received. The character from the subset that is associated with the gesture performed with respect to the user interface element is inputted. | 10-22-2009 |
20140173494 | Input Methods for Device Having Multi-Language Environment - Text input is corrected on a touch-sensitive display by presenting a list of candidate words in the interface which can be selected by touch input. The candidate list can include candidate words having two or more character types (e.g., Roman, kana, kanji). In one aspect, the candidate list can be scrolled using a finger gesture. When a user's finger traverses a candidate word and the touch is released, the candidate word is inserted into a document being edited. In another aspect, characters can be erased by touching a key (e.g., a backspace or delete key) and making a sliding, swiping, or other finger gesture. A number of characters proportional to a distance (e.g., a linear distance) of the finger gesture across the display are erased. If there are characters in a text input area, those characters are erased first, followed by characters in the document being edited. | 06-19-2014 |
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20120083401 | COVER GLASS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COVER GLASS - The disclosed cover glass is produced by etching a glass substrate that has been formed by a down-drawing process, and chemically strengthening the glass substrate to provide the glass substrate with a compressive-stress layer on the principal surfaces thereof. The glass substrate contains, as components thereof, 50% to 70% by mass of SiO | 04-05-2012 |
20120171497 | COVER GLASS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A cover glass having a compressive-stress layer on the principal surfaces thereof, and having a glass composition containing 50% to 70% by mole of SiO | 07-05-2012 |
20120214004 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR USE AS A COVER GLASS FOR A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR USE AS A COVER GLASS FOR A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A glass substrate manufacturing method of this invention includes a first chemical strengthening process for chemically strengthening a plate-like glass member by ion exchange, a cutting process for cutting the plate-like glass member into small pieces after the first chemical strengthening process, thereby obtaining a plurality of glass substrates, and a second chemical strengthening process for chemically strengthening the glass substrates by ion exchange after the cutting process. | 08-23-2012 |
20120329525 | GLASS SUBSTRATE OF COVER GLASS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY UNIT FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GLASS SUBSTRATE OF COVER GLASS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides a glass substrate of a cover glass for a portable electronic device. The glass substrate includes a front face, a back face and an edge face. The edge face is at least partially formed by means of an etching treatment. A compressive stress layer, formed by means of an ion-exchanging method, is disposed on each of the front and back faces of the glass substrate. The compressive stress layer has the same thickness both in a planar-directional center part thereof and in a planar-directional end part thereof on each of the front and back faces of the glass substrate. | 12-27-2012 |
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20110202981 | CONTENT PRESENTATION-TYPE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - It is intended to achieve a user authentication system capable of forcibly presenting a content to a user. Provided is a content presentation-type authentication system designed to allow a client to perform a content presentation-type user authentication in which user authentication is performed in such a manner that a plurality of pattern elements arranged in a given pattern are presented as a presentation pattern to a user who intends to be authenticated, and a one-time password derivation rule is used as a password of the user and applied to certain ones of the pattern elements located at specific positions in the presentation pattern to create a one-time password, and a content is forcibly presented to the user in connection with the user authentication. The content presentation-type authentication system comprises an authentication-service providing server configured to manage respective user IDs and passwords of users, content data indicative of a detail of each of a plurality of contents, and respective content IDs of the plurality of contents, and provide content-added authentication information to each of the users, and a client having a content presentation-type user authentication program and a processor. | 08-18-2011 |
20130185778 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR OFF-LINE TWO-FACTOR USER AUTHENTICATION - Provided is an off-line two-factor user authentication system with a reduced risk of leakage of authentication information. The two-factor user authentication system is designed to use, as a password, a one-time-password derivation rule to be applied to certain pattern elements included in a presentation pattern at specific positions so as to create a one-time password, and further use, as a second authentication factor, information identifying a client to be used by a user. A plurality of pattern seed values each adapted to uniquely specify a presentation pattern in combination with a client ID, and a plurality of verification codes corresponding to respective ones of the pattern seed values, are stored in an off-line two-factor authentication client. A presentation pattern is created based on a selected one of the pattern seed values and a client ID, and an entered one-time password is verified based on a verification code corresponding to the selected pattern seed value. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185779 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TWO-FACTOR USER AUTHENTICATION - Provided is a two-actor user authentication system with a reduced risk of leakage of authentication information. | 07-18-2013 |
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20100320980 | OUTPUT DEVICE - An output device includes an output transistor that outputs an output current, a first driver that drives the output transistor so that a feedback voltage of an output voltage of the output transistor is in agreement with a reference voltage, an RC circuit that has a capacitor connected to the ground and a resistor connected in series to the capacitor, and a second driver that drives the output transistor to increase the output current when a potential difference between ends of the resistor, generated by the feedback voltage supplied between ends of the RC circuit, is increased by a decrease of the output voltage. | 12-23-2010 |
20110001517 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A disclosed semiconductor device includes an input terminal, a power line, a pnp-bipolar transistor connected to the power line, a first resistor connecting an emitter of the transistor to the input terminal, a second resistor connecting a collector of the transistor to ground, an operation circuit operable when the input voltage is a predetermined voltage or higher, the predetermined voltage being set within a first voltage region in which the input voltage cannot turn on the transistor, a comparator comparing an internal voltage with a reference voltage, the internal voltage being changed from a voltage value in a non-conductive state in which the transistor is not turned on, and an output terminal configured to output an output voltage which changes in response to a result of comparing the internal voltage with the reference voltage. | 01-06-2011 |
20110156822 | CURRENT SOURCE CIRCUIT AND DELAY CIRCUIT AND OSCILLATING CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - A disclosed current source circuit includes a current mirror circuit having two enhancement-type MOS transistors, a depletion-type MOS transistor configured to be connected to a drain of one of the two enhancement-type MOS transistors and to function as a constant current source, and a resistor configured to have a negative temperature property and be connected to a source of the one of the two enhancement-type MOS transistors. | 06-30-2011 |
20120001605 | DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND SERIES REGULATOR - A differential amplifier circuit including: a differential input stage including a pair of differential MOS transistors, a pair of load elements, and a first constant-current source; an output stage including an output MOS transistor and a second constant-current source; a constant-current MOS transistor provided in parallel to one of the first and second constant-current sources; and a boost current controlling MOS transistor in which a potential of a connection node of the output MOS transistor and the second constant-current source is applied to a gate terminal thereof; wherein the boost current controlling MOS transistor is turned on when a voltage inputted to a gate terminal of one of the pair of differential MOS transistors changes, and a current of the constant-current MOS transistor is added to one of the first and second constant-current sources and is allowed to flow. | 01-05-2012 |
20120062198 | REGULATOR AND DC/DC CONVERTER - A regulator and a DC/DC converter are provided in which a soft start is carried out even when an output is short-circuited by abnormality. Regulator includes soft start circuit that gradually starts up a reference voltage that is input into error amplifier from 0 V to the reference voltage and soft start reset circuit that monitors an input of error amplifier and performs soft start of soft start circuit again when an output of output terminal Vo is short-circuited. Soft start reset circuit includes comparator that is disposed in parallel with an input of error amplifier, offset voltage that gives an offset to the input of comparator, and NPN transistor that is turned on or off in accordance with a result of comparison of comparator and discharges capacitor C by being turned on when the output is short-circuited. | 03-15-2012 |
20120098513 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR REGULATOR - A regulator includes a transistor connected between an input and an output. A feedback voltage controls the transistor to keep the output voltage constant. A first circuit functions as a comparator to compare a detection voltage from the output of the transistor and the feedback voltage when the output current is higher than a predetermined value, and functions as a buffer when the output current is lower than the predetermined value. A second circuit receives a reference voltage, the feedback voltage, and an output from the first circuit, and generates (i) a difference between the feedback voltage and the first circuit output when the reference voltage is lower than the first circuit output, and (ii) a difference voltage between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage when the reference voltage is higher than the first circuit output, and supplies a control voltage to control the output of the transistor. | 04-26-2012 |
20120126762 | CURRENT LIMITING CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A current limiting circuit for limiting an output current in response to a control current includes a detection circuit to detect a detection voltage responsive to an output voltage, and a control current generating circuit to generate a control current responsive to the detection voltage, wherein the control current generating circuit includes a first transistor through which the control current flows, a second transistor that becomes conductive upon a voltage responsive to an amount of the control current being greater than a predetermined voltage above the detection voltage, and a resistor connecting between a base and an emitter of the second transistor to raise a potential at the base of the second transistor above a predetermined level, wherein the amount of the control current flowing through the first transistor decreases as an amount of a current flowing through the second transistor increases. | 05-24-2012 |
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20090010123 | Data recording/reproduction method and data recording/reproduction apparatus - A data recording/reproduction method for performing a data recording/reproduction process on a flexible optical disk by rotating the flexible optical disk while controlling an axial runout of the flexible optical disk with a stabilizing member that applies an aerodynamic force to the flexible optical disk, and irradiating an optical beam and focusing the optical beam to the flexible optical disk is disclosed that includes the steps of a) generating a first axial runout, b) generating a focus error signal forming an S-curve when the first axial runout is generated, c) determining a position of the optical beam according to the focus error signal, d) generating a second axial runout that is smaller than the first axial runout after step c), and e) conducting at least one of the data recording process and the data reproduction process after step d). | 01-08-2009 |
20090231975 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD - A recording/reproducing apparatus is disclosed that includes a spindle motor unit including a spindle on which a flexible recording disk is placed, a stabilizer plate disposed so as to face the recording disk, a torque detection unit configured to detect a drive torque applied to the spindle motor unit, an adjustment unit configured to adjust a gap between the recording disk and the stabilizer plate, and a determination unit configured to determine an optimal gap to be set to the gap based on the drive torque detected by the torque detection unit, in which the adjustment unit sets the optimum gap determined by the determination unit to the gap. | 09-17-2009 |
20100058373 | DISK ROTATING DEVICE, DISK, DISK ASSEMBLY, DISK CARTRIDGE, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A disk rotating device includes a flexible disk in which information is recordable, a turntable on which the disk is held, a spindle that rotates the disk held on the turntable, and a stabilizer that stabilizes the rotating disk. In the disk rotating device, a rotation transmitting device transmits the rotation of the spindle to the disk via the turntable, and a disk holding device holds the disk so that the disk is elastically deformable from a center of the rotation of the disk in a radial direction of the disk. | 03-04-2010 |
20110072446 | DISK CLAMPING MECHANISM AND DISK DRIVE SYSTEM - A disclosed disk clamping mechanism includes a turntable fixed on a rotational shaft of a spindle motor to rotate a flexible thin optical disk, a stabilizer member configured to suppress a run-out of the flexible thin optical disk by an applying aerodynamic force to the rotating flexible thin optical disk so as to stabilize the run-out of the rotating flexible thin optical disk, and a clamper movably supported in a center of the stabilizer member in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the flexible thin optical disk. In the disclosed disk clamping mechanism, the flexible thin optical disk is sandwiched between the turntable and the clamper such that the turntable and the clamper rotate the flexible thin optical member sandwiched in-between. | 03-24-2011 |
20110283299 | DISK LAMINATE, DISK CARTRIDGE, DISK LOADING/UNLOADING MECHANISM, DISK CONVEYING DEVICE, DISK CONVEYING MECHANISM, AND THIN DISK DRIVING SYSTEM - A disk laminate includes thin disks laminated to each other, which are to be suctioned and conveyed; and spacers provided between the thin disks to prevent the thin disks from directly contacting each other, the spacers having air permeability. | 11-17-2011 |
20120060174 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD - A recording/reproducing apparatus is disclosed that includes a spindle motor unit including a spindle on which a flexible recording disk is placed, a stabilizer plate disposed so as to face the recording disk, a torque detection unit configured to detect a drive torque applied to the spindle motor unit, an adjustment unit configured to adjust a gap between the recording disk and the stabilizer plate, and a determination unit configured to determine an optimal gap to be set to the gap based on the drive torque detected by the torque detection unit, in which the adjustment unit sets the optimum gap determined by the determination unit to the gap. | 03-08-2012 |