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20140196082 | COMMENT INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS AND COMMENT INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD - A comment information generating apparatus includes: a video obtaining unit which receives a video; a comment input receiving unit which receives position information of an object in the video and a comment that is displayed with the object and is caused to track the object starting from a predetermined timing; a target time determining unit which determines, to be a target value indicating a time length, a target time during which the comment is displayed, based on the comment; an object motion determining unit which determines, for the object, a motion trajectory having a time length substantially equal to the target time and along which the comment is caused to track the object; a comment information generating unit which generates comment information including the comment and the motion trajectory of the object; and an output unit which outputs the comment information. | 07-10-2014 |
20140199048 | VIDEO GENERATING APPARATUS AND VIDEO GENERATING METHOD - A video generating apparatus includes: a segmentation unit dividing each of pictures included in an input video sequence into multiple regions as divided regions, and generating partial video sequences each having a set of the divided regions associated with one another between the pictures; a removal region determining unit determining, as a removal region, a region of at least one of the objects included in the input video sequence; an occluded region completing unit generating a completed video sequence by completing an image in an occluded region for each of the partial video sequences, thereby completing the partial video sequences and by superimposing the completed partial video sequences over one another, the occluded region being a region of an other object occluded in the removal region by the at least one object; and a video outputting unit outputting the completed video sequence. | 07-17-2014 |
20140215512 | COMMENT-PROVIDED VIDEO GENERATING APPARATUS AND COMMENT-PROVIDED VIDEO GENERATING METHOD - A comment-provided video generating apparatus includes: a display priority calculating unit which calculates a display priority for each of the comments and subject regions to which the comments are provided, based on comment information indicating comments to be superimposed and displayed on a video and display positions of the comments, and user information, by calculating a higher display priority for one of the comments and the subject regions specified by user information; a comment superimposing method determining unit which determines, as a method for superimposing the comments onto a video, an order of displaying the comments and the subject regions such that a comment or a subject region having a higher display priority is displayed at a position frontward than the others, according to the display priority; and an image composing unit which superimposes the comments on the video, according to the comment superimposing method. | 07-31-2014 |
20140344853 | COMMENT INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, AND COMMENT DISPLAY DEVICE - A comment information generation device includes: a video input section, to which a video is input; an information input section, to which positional information is input to display a comment to track an object in the video; an initial trajectory acquisition section that acquires an initial trajectory that is a trajectory of the object corresponding to the positional information; a trajectory extending section that acquires an extended trajectory by acquiring a following trajectory that is a trajectory having a starting point after an ending point of the initial trajectory, collecting a first comment assigned in a vicinity of the initial trajectory and a second comment assigned in a vicinity of the following trajectory, and connecting the following trajectory to the initial trajectory on a basis of the first comment and the second comment; and an output section that outputs the extended trajectory as comment information. | 11-20-2014 |
20150235427 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - This invention solves the problem that objects in the field of view of reading glasses using multifocal lenses for correcting ocular refractive errors such as presbyopia appear distorted. This image display device is provided with the following: a distance computation unit that computes the distance to a subject in a field-of-view image; a visual-acuity-information acquisition unit that stores visual-acuity information for the user in advance; a corrected-image generation unit that generates and outputs a corrected image on the basis of the field-of-view image and an eye image generated from the field-of-view image, the distance information, and the visual-acuity information; and a display unit that displays the corrected image by superimposing same onto the user's field of view. Since the corrected image is superimposed without the use of lenses, lenses being the cause of the abovementioned distortion, the user can see close objects clearly. | 08-20-2015 |
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20090007955 | Photovoltaic Device, Photovoltaic Module Comprising Photovoltaic Device, and Method for Manufacturing Photovoltaic Device - Disclosed is a photovoltaic device which is improved in photoelectric conversion efficiency while suppressing increase in complexity of structure. Specifically disclosed is a photovoltaic device ( | 01-08-2009 |
20090173384 | ENCAPSULANT FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE USING SAME AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - An encapsulant for a photovoltaic module, which may inhibit the encapsulant from clouding when a hot spot phenomenon is caused. The encapsulant for a photovoltaic module includes: a resin for an encapsulant containing a silane-modified resin obtained by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated silane compound and polyethylene for a light stabilizer, a thermal stabilizer and polyethylene for use in a mater batch. The polyethylene for polymerization and the polyethylene for use in a master batch are metallocene based linear low density polyethylene having a density in the range of 0.895 g/cm | 07-09-2009 |
20100000603 | BACKSHEET FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, BACKSIDE LAMINATE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - A backsheet for photovoltaic module superior in hydrolysis resistance and thus in durability. To attain the object, the has backsheet for photovoltaic module has a hydrolysis-resistant film and a resin film laminated on the hydrolysis-resistant film. The hydrolysis-resistant film is made of a polyester resin having a carboxy end-group content of 15 equivalent/ton or less, and the resin film is made of a polypropylene resin. | 01-07-2010 |
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20100126935 | METHOD OF MEMBRANE SEPARATION AND MEMBRANE SEPARATION APPARATUS - A method of membrane separation and membrane separation apparatus, with which not only a supply liquid can be evaluated but also the problems, such as scale, occurring on reverse osmosis membrane can be monitored in a highly straightforward fashion. There is provided a membrane separation apparatus equipped with reverse osmosis membrane module ( | 05-27-2010 |
20100178489 | COMPOSITE SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a composite semipermeable membrane having an excellent resistance property to contamination, particularly an excellent resistance property to microbial contamination, and a water treatment method using the composite semipermeable membrane. The present invention relates to a composite semipermeable membrane comprising a skin layer formed on the surface of a porous support and containing a polyamide-based resin obtained by reacting a polyfunctional amine component with a polyfunctional acid halide component, wherein an antibacterial layer containing a silver-based antibacterial agent and a polymer component is formed on the skin layer directly or with other layer interposed therebetween, and the weight ratio between the silver-based antibacterial agent and the polymer component in the antibacterial layer is 55:45 to 95:5 (silver-based antibacterial agent:polymer component). | 07-15-2010 |
20100320143 | COMPOSITE SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for producing, easily and at a low cost, a composite semipermeable membrane having excellent contamination resistance, especially microbial contamination resistance, and a composite semipermeable membrane produced by the process. The process for producing a composite semipermeable membrane of the present invention comprises forming a skin layer including a polyamide resin obtained by a reaction between a polyfunctional amine component and a polyfunctional acid halide component on the surface of a porous support; forming a polymer layer (A) including a silver salt compound on the skin layer directly or through other layers; and reducing the silver salt compound to precipitate metal silver in the polymer layer (A) and/or on the surface thereof. | 12-23-2010 |
20110079546 | MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE MANAGING SYSTEM AND MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE FOR USE THEREIN, AND MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE MANAGING METHOD - Provided are a membrane filtering device managing system by which the membrane filtering device can be managed with a better precision and membrane filtering device for use therein, as well as to a membrane filtering device managing method. At least two sensors of an electric conductivity sensor | 04-07-2011 |
20110114560 | SPIRAL TYPE MEMBRANE ELEMENT AND SPIRAL TYPE MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE HAVING THE MEMBRANE ELEMENT, AND MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE MANAGING SYSTEM AND MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE MANAGING METHOD USING THE DEVICE - Provided are a spiral type membrane element that can ensure a larger amount of electric power without performing a cumbersome work and a spiral type membrane filtering device having the element, as well as a membrane filtering device managing system and a membrane filtering device managing method using the device. The spiral type membrane element comprises a sensor for detecting a property of liquid, a power generating section that generates electric power by using said liquid, and a wireless transmitting section that receives the electric power supplied from said power generating section and wirelessly transmits a detection signal from said sensor. By generating electric power in the power generating section with use of the liquid detected by the sensor, a larger amount of electric power can be ensured without performing a cumbersome work. | 05-19-2011 |
20110114561 | SPIRAL TYPE MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE AND MOUNTING MEMBER, AND MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE MANAGING SYSTEM AND MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE MANAGING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a spiral type membrane filtering device by which an electric component can be re-used and a mounting member, as well as a membrane filtering device managing system and a membrane filtering device managing method using the same. An interconnector ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110121574 | SPIRAL TYPE MEMBRANE ELEMENT, AND SPIRAL TYPE MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a spiral type membrane element that can re-collect the electric power that is used in a good manner, and a spiral type membrane filtering device having the same. The spiral type membrane element comprises a power generating section that generates electric power by using a liquid, and an electric power outputting section that outputs, either in a wired manner or in a wireless manner, the electric power supplied from said power generating section. The electric power that is generated in the power generating section using the liquid (raw water, permeated water, or concentrated water) can be output from the electric power outputting section in a wired manner or in a wireless manner. Therefore, the electric power that is output from the aforesaid electric power outputting section can be used in an electric component disposed outside or can be stored into a capacitor section disposed outside. | 05-26-2011 |
20130220002 | MEMBRANE SEPARATION APPARATUS, MEMBRANE SEPARATION APPARATUS OPERATION METHOD, AND EVALUATION METHOD USING THE MEMBRANE SEPARATION APPARATUS - A submodule is used to know exactly fouling of a membrane surface in a separation membrane module. The membrane separation apparatus of the present invention includes: a separation membrane module ( | 08-29-2013 |
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20110015858 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile communication terminal includes a location information acquisition unit acquiring first current location information representing a current location of the mobile communication terminal, an operation unit accepting input of destination information, a transmission and reception unit transmitting the first current location information and the destination information to another mobile communication terminal and receiving from the other mobile communication terminal second current location information representing a current location of the other mobile communication terminal, a display unit displaying an image, and a control unit causing the display unit to display the current location of the mobile communication terminal, the current location of the other mobile communication terminal, and the destination on a map, based on the first current location information, the second current location information, and the destination information. | 01-20-2011 |
20110276634 | NETWORK SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A communication terminal includes an input unit, an interface for communication with another terminal and a first server, a first communication control unit receiving access information for connection with the other terminal and first information from the first server via the interface, and transmitting second information to the first server via the interface, a determination unit determining whether input of the second information satisfies a predetermined condition or not based on access information, and a second communication control unit for exchanging third information with another terminal via the interface based on the access information when input of the second information satisfies the predetermined condition. | 11-10-2011 |
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20100045383 | Variable gain circuit - Provided is a variable gain circuit in which it is not necessary to provide a plurality of phase compensation capacities while stability of a circuit is maintained regardless of a set variable gain. A variable gain circuit comprises a precedent stage amplifier circuit for amplifying an external input signal, a subsequent stage amplifier circuit for amplifying an output signal of the precedent stage amplifier circuit, a phase compensation circuit having a fixed capacitative element and connected between an output terminal and an input terminal of the subsequent stage amplifier circuit, and a gain setting circuit adapted to be capable of setting a gain value of the whole of the precedent stage amplifier circuit and the subsequent stage amplifier circuit to a plurality of values, wherein one of the gain value and a transconductance value of the precedent stage amplifier circuit can be set in conjunction with the other. | 02-25-2010 |
20100291862 | BROADCASTING SATELLITE RECEIVING CONVERTER IC, BROADCASTING SATELLITE RECEIVING CONVERTER, AND BROADCASTING SATELLITE RECEIVING ANTENNA - A broadcasting satellite receiving converter IC includes a switch circuit and a voltage generating source. Disposed in front of the broadcasting satellite receiving converter IC are two first amplifying circuits which amplify differently polarized BS signals, respectively, and a second amplifying circuit. The switch circuit receives, from a BS tuner, a DC voltage signal for controlling switching of polarized signals to be received, and detects the strength of the received DC voltage signal, thereby determining which of the first amplifying circuits to use. Depending on the strength of the DC voltage signal detected by the switch circuit, the voltage generating source supplies either the first amplifying circuits and the second amplifying circuit with positive and negative voltages through a plurality of terminals. | 11-18-2010 |
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20100002259 | DOCUMENT READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DOCUMENT READING DEVICE - A document reading device is provided that may perform preview display to enable read contents to be checked if it is determined that a blank sheet exists among read document images. This document reading device includes a document reading portion, a blank-sheet determining portion that determines blank-sheet image data among document image data read by the document reading portion, and a preview displaying portion that performs preview display for image data excluding the blank-sheet image data determined by the blank-sheet determining portion, and the preview displaying portion is capable of performing re-preview display of all the image data read by the document reading portion for the image data excluding the blank-sheet image data displayed in the preview display. | 01-07-2010 |
20110026075 | Image communication apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same - An image communication apparatus includes: a storage device storing an address identifier and frequency of use of an address as a transmission destination; an address display device displaying a plurality of addresses such that an address of high frequency of use is displayed with higher priority than an address of low frequency of use; a designating device allowing a user to designate a transmission destination from a plurality of displayed addresses; an image data transmitting device transmitting image data to a designated transmission destination; and a display changing device for changing, if an address having low frequency of use and displayed without priority among the addresses stored in the storage device is designated as a transmission destination, the manner of display to have the address displayed with priority. | 02-03-2011 |
20110234518 | OPERATION CONSOLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON THE OPERATION CONSOLE - On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, which is divided to five areas, that is, a system area, a function selection area, a preview area, an action panel area and a task trigger area, pieces of information are displayed. Even if an operational mode is switched, the same or similar information is always displayed in the area arranged at the same position. In addition, when an input of a numerical value is requested, a group of keys of the same arrangement is displayed at the same position on the touch-panel display, regardless of the operational mode. | 09-29-2011 |
20130070295 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an HDD for storing a plurality of pieces of transmission destination information in correspondence with a short-cut key for instructing image transmission; an operation unit displaying the short-cut key and detecting selection of the short-cut key; and a control unit displaying the plurality of transmission destinations stored in correspondence with the short-cut key if a prescribed condition is satisfied. The operation unit receives a selection operation of selecting a piece of transmission destination information from among the displayed plurality of pieces of transmission destination information, and the control unit determines the selected piece of transmission destination information to be the transmission destination of image transmission made by the selection of the short-cut key. Even if a plurality of transmission destinations are registered with the short-cut key, erroneous transmission to an unintended destination can be prevented. | 03-21-2013 |
20150281479 | OPERATION CONSOLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON THE OPERATION CONSOLE - On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, which is divided to five areas, that is, a system area, a function selection area, a preview area, an action panel area and a task trigger area, pieces of information are displayed. Even if an operational mode is switched, the same or similar information is always displayed in the area arranged at the same position. In addition, when an input of a numerical value is requested, a group of keys of the same arrangement is displayed at the same position on the touch-panel display, regardless of the operational mode. | 10-01-2015 |
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20090135651 | CURRENT OR VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT, SENSE CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY, AND DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER - In a wire pair | 05-28-2009 |
20100054071 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device is provided which has a memory cell region in which a plurality of memory cells are arranged in a matrix. The memory cell region is divided into a plurality of sectors each including a predetermined number of rows. Main bit lines extending in a column direction have an intersecting region between the sectors in which the main bit lines intersect at one or more points. The semiconductor memory device is configured to be able to supply different voltages to neighbor ones of the main bit lines in each of the sectors. | 03-04-2010 |
20120002485 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - In a semiconductor memory circuit, a write voltage generation circuit receives an output voltage of a voltage boosting circuit to generate a write voltage to a memory cell. When the write voltage is low, a number-of-bits adjustment circuit increases the number of write bits of memory cells before write operation is performed. On the other hand, when the write voltage to a memory cell is high, the number-of-bits adjustment circuit decreases the number of write bits of memory cells before write operation is performed. The area and write time of the voltage boosting circuit can be reduced while the current supply capability of the voltage boosting circuit is efficiently used. | 01-05-2012 |
20120314515 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - In a semiconductor memory device, the output of a regulator is coupled to the inputs of first and second switches, the output of the first switch is coupled to a path for supplying the drain voltage of a memory cell in the first mode, and the output of the second switch is coupled to a path for supplying the gate voltage of the memory cell in the second mode. A fourth switch is placed in parallel with the second switch: the output of the fourth switch is coupled to the output of the second switch, to supply the gate voltage of the memory cell in the first mode. Thus, one regulator is used as both the regulator for the drain voltage of the memory cell and the regulator for the gate voltage of the memory cell. | 12-13-2012 |
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20150118589 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A solid oxide fuel cell system including a reformer, a solid oxide fuel cell configured to generate electric power by using a hydrogen-containing gas supplied from the reformer to an anode and air supplied to a cathode, a heat radiator configured to radiate heat from at least one of an anode off-gas and a combustion exhaust gas generated by combusting the anode off-gas to generate condensed water, a condensed water circulating passage configured to circulate the condensed water supplied from the heat radiator, a condensed water tank provided on the condensed water circulating passage and configured to store the condensed water therein, a condensed water pump provided on the condensed water circulating passage and configured to circulate the condensed water, a condensed water/off-gas heat exchanger provided on the condensed water circulating passage and configured to exchange heat between the condensed water and an off-gas discharged from the solid oxide fuel cell, and at least a part of the water supplied to the reformer is the condensed water. | 04-30-2015 |
20150270559 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell configured to generate electric power through a power generation reaction by using fuel supplied to an anode and cathode air supplied to a cathode; a cathode air heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between a cathode exhaust gas which is air discharged after the air has been used in the fuel cell and the air to be supplied to the cathode to transfer a part of heat energy of the cathode exhaust gas to the air; a desulfurization unit configured to remove a sulfur component from a raw material supplied to the desulfurization unit; and a reformer configured to generate a reformed gas which is the fuel from steam and the raw material from which the sulfur component has been removed by the desulfurization unit; and the cathode exhaust gas which has lost a part of the heat energy by the heat exchange in at least the cathode air heat exchanger, is supplied to the desulfurization unit, to heat the desulfurization unit by the heat energy of the cathode exhaust gas. | 09-24-2015 |
20150311553 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a fuel cell system using combustion heat for an evaporator and a desulfurizer effectively. The fuel cell system comprises a combustor, a reformer, a fuel cell, a first cathode air heating part, a desulfurizer and an evaporator. A mixture of oxygen and gas which is contained in fuel is combusted in the combustor. A combustion exhaust gas generated in the combustor flows in the fuel cell system in such a manner that the combustion exhaust gas gives thermal energy to the reformer, the first cathode air heating part, the desulfurizer, and the evaporator in this order. | 10-29-2015 |
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20140324764 | CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSTORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A control method of the present disclosure is a control method of an information processing apparatus which includes a storage unit that stores predetermined resource information related to a resource required for a living activity of a user, the method including: an acquiring step of acquiring device information; an estimating step of estimating a living activity of the user; a competition extracting step of extracting a living activity group including living activities for which the resources are likely to compete among the living activities, based on the resource information; a resource judging step of judging whether a required resource has been secured for each of the living activities, based on the device information and the resource information; and an inhibition extracting step of extracting, as an inhibited living activity, a living activity for which it has been judged that the required resource has not been secured. | 10-30-2014 |
20150134369 | METHOD FOR SPECIFYING BEHAVIOR TENDENCY AND SYSTEM FOR SPECIFYING BEHAVIOR TENDENCY - There are included: a step for receiving, through communication, pieces of operation information each including (a) operating state information of a device and (b) user information for identifying a user, in association with each other; a step storing the pieces of the operation information received in the receiving into a first storage unit; a step for reading, from a second storage unit, behavior tendency information including, in association with each other, (c) operating state information of at least one device and (d) a predetermined user behavior tendency of the user; and a step for specifying the predetermined user behavior tendency which corresponds to the operating state information of at least one device, by searching the pieces of the operation information for the operating state information of at least one device which is included in the behavior tendency information. | 05-14-2015 |
20150161514 | USER MANAGEMENT METHOD, SERVER DEVICE, AND USER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A user management method according to the present disclosure includes: storing appliance use information including: appliance identification information for identifying an appliance; user information for identifying a user of the appliance; and an operating state of the appliance when the appliance was used; analyzing the appliance use information stored in the storing to identify, from among a plurality of functions of the appliance, one or more first functions each having a use frequency less than or equal to a threshold value; and providing the user with a notice which prompts use of the one or more first functions identified in the analyzing. | 06-11-2015 |
20150222476 | SERVER DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, MAINTENANCE SERVICE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a server device capable of increasing the availability of a device by urging a user who uses the device to perform actions related to maintenance service. In this server device, an information transceiver receives operation information about a device. A remaining life determination unit determines the remaining life of the device or a component of the device based on the operation information. When the determined remaining life reaches a predetermined remaining life or becomes shorter than the predetermined remaining life, a transmission destination setting unit sets a device that is possessed by a person having a predetermined relationship with the user of the device as a transmission destination for the transmission of maintenance service information based on relationship information indicating the relationship between the user of the device and another person who is not the user. The information transceiver transmits the maintenance service information to the transmission destination. | 08-06-2015 |
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20100010222 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASE IN BONE MASS COMPRISING EP4 AGONIST AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - A pharmaceutical composition for topical administration for prevention and/or treatment of diseases associated with decrease in bone mass comprising an EP | 01-14-2010 |
20110027612 | BRONZE ALLOY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND SLIDING MEMBER COMPRISING BRONZE ALLOY - A bronze alloy having a metallographic structure which has a fine multilayer structure constituted of a layer of α-form copper and a layer of a copper-tin intermetallic compound and includes an eutectoid phase comprising, dispersedly precipitated therein, fine metal grains containing at least bismuth (fine bismuth grains, etc.). The proportion of the lamellar eutectoid phase is 10-70% by area. From the standpoint of composition, the bronze alloy comprises copper and tin as main components and contains nickel, bismuth, and sulfur as additive elements, the nickel content being 0.5-5.0 mass %, the bismuth content being 0.5-7.0 mass %, and the sulfur content being 0.08-1.2 mass %. The tin content preferably is 8-15 mass %. The alloy may further contain lead in a proportion of 4 mass % or lower. The bronze alloy is used as a sliding surface of a sliding member (e.g., a hydraulic cylinder block). | 02-03-2011 |
20120122964 | BICYCLIC COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES - Since a compound represented by the general formula (I) (wherein definition of each group is as described in the specification), a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof has strong and sustaining intraocular pressure lowering activity and, further, has no side effect on eyes such as ocular stimulating property (hyperemia, corneal clouding etc.), aqueous humor protein rise etc., it has high safety, and can be an excellent agent for preventing and/or treating glaucoma etc. | 05-17-2012 |
20140073676 | BICYCLIC COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES - Since a compound represented by the general formula (I) (wherein definition of each group is as described in the specification), a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof has strong and sustaining intraocular pressure lowering activity and, further, has no side effect on eyes such as ocular stimulating property (hyperemia, corneal clouding etc.), aqueous humor protein rise etc., it has high safety, and can be an excellent agent for preventing and/or treating glaucoma etc. | 03-13-2014 |
20150112079 | BICYCLIC COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES - Since a compound represented by the general formula (I) (wherein definition of each group is as described in the specification), a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof has strong and sustaining intraocular pressure lowering activity and, further, has no side effect on eyes such as ocular stimulating property (hyperemia, corneal clouding etc.), aqueous humor protein rise etc., it has high safety, and can be an excellent agent for preventing and/or treating glaucoma etc. | 04-23-2015 |