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20100161903 | APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION - An apparatus for processing information, includes a memory storing a plurality of content items different in type and metadata containing time information of the content items, a cache processor for fetching from the memory the content item and the metadata of the content item to be displayed on a display and storing the fetched content item and the metadata thereof on a cache memory, a display controller for displaying on the display the metadata of the content items from the cache memory arranged in accordance with the time information and a selection operator selecting metadata corresponding to a content item desired to be processed, out of the metadata displayed, and a content processor for fetching from the cache memory a content item corresponding to the metadata selected by the selection operator by referencing the cache memory in response to the selected metadata, and for performing a process responsive to the fetched content item. | 06-24-2010 |
20100306758 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND RECEPTION METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING APPLICATIONS - When data received separately in first and second reception processing is processed separately by first and second application programs, and when data received by the first reception processing contains specific data specifying processing by the second application program, and the specific data has regional properties, the current region where the second application program is executed is judged, and if the region does not match a region to which processing specified by the specific data belongs, the content specified by the specific data is converted based on data in a predetermined table, and processing is executed by the second application program. Accordingly, two application programs can be linked in a mobile phone unit or other terminal devices, and problems when executing one application with regional properties under control of the other application can be resolved. | 12-02-2010 |
20110078612 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and mobile terminal device - An information processing apparatus includes a content detector portion, a display controller portion, an operation state detector portion, and a popup display controller portion. The content detector portion detects contents belonging to a same time range from different types of contents each including time information. The display controller portion collects the contents belonging to the same time range and having been detected by the content detector portion. In addition, the display controller portion then displays, on a display portion along a time series, content-related graphical information of the respective contents collected in units of the respective time range used when collecting the respective contents, and displays on the display portion a selector serving to select a desired content from among respective contents displayed through the content-related graphical information. The operation state detector portion detects an operation state of an operation portion serving to perform an operation of moving the selector. In accordance with time information of a content selected by the selector when a predetermined operation state of the operation portion is detected by the operation state, the popup display controller portion detects a content having past time information with respect to the time information of the selected content, and popup displays content-related graphical information of the detected content on the display portion. | 03-31-2011 |
20120321196 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - Automatically preparing communications for transmission by a mobile terminal device. In one example, this includes storing contact information including personal contacts and associated address and face image information. A face image is extracted from within a still image content to obtain an extracted face image. The extracted face image is linked to a given personal contact among the personal contacts by finding a match corresponding to the extracted face image among previously extracted face images found in the stored contact information. The given personal contact is correlated to address information using the contact information, and a message is automatically prepared for transmission to the given personal contact using the address information. | 12-20-2012 |
20140022735 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL CIRCUIT COMPONENT, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME, AND PHYSICAL-QUANTITY MEASURING INSTRUMENT - For producing a three-dimensional circuit component, an electronic component is mounted on a synthetic resin block. A plurality of electrically-conductive patterns used to establish an electrical connection to the electronic component are formed on the block along a three-dimensional shape of the block. An end of each electrically-conductive patterns is provided with a solder-disposed section. A solder is provided between the solder-disposed section and an opposed surface of the electronic component. The section of each electrically-conductive patterns other than the solder-disposed section and a section on which the electronic component is mounted is internally formed in the block. Since the section of each electrically-conductive patterns other than the section on which the electronic component is mounted is internally formed in the block, the electrically-conductive patterns are not unnecessarily exposed. | 01-23-2014 |
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20090231617 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Print data is generated to form an image on a printing medium by superposing a plurality of types of printing materials in some or all pixels of an output image in an order complying with the intensities of the light scattering characteristics of the plurality of types of printing materials. The generated print data is transmitted to a printing apparatus. | 09-17-2009 |
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20110141185 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In multipass printing, a mask pattern which increases the degree of dot dispersion in each pass is used for a combination of inks for increasing glossiness when printing an image. Contrary, a mask pattern which decreases the degree of dot dispersion in each pass is used for a combination of inks for decreasing glossiness. Thus, an entire image can be made uniformly glossy by suppressing gloss unevenness within the image. | 06-16-2011 |
20120147392 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a color processing apparatus comprising: a calculation unit configured to calculate, for each of a plurality of light sources, a first colorimetric value that is obtained by measuring a color having a spectral reflectance indicated by spectral reflectance information under the light source; a mapping unit configured to obtain, for each of the plurality of light sources, a second colorimetric value by mapping the first colorimetric value of the light source within a gamut under the light source; a color separation unit configured to obtain the output information from a plurality of the second colorimetric values, by adjusting the output information such that an error between a colorimetric value obtained by measuring a color output by the image output apparatus according to the output information under each of the light sources and the second colorimetric value for the light source is minimized. | 06-14-2012 |
20120194433 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input object data including reflection characteristics of an object; an acquisition unit configured to acquire observation position data indicating the observation position of an observer and light source data indicating a surrounding light source around the image capture unit, on the basis of image data captured by the image capture unit; and a generation unit configured to generate image data, which image includes the object placed on the display unit, on the basis of the object data, the observation position data, and the light source data, wherein the image data indicate the image which is observed at the observation position when light from the light source is reflected by the object. | 08-02-2012 |
20120315054 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus capable of forming an image using a plurality of devices which make periodic movements by an electrophotographic method includes a control unit configured to control image formation using the devices, a gradation characteristic storage unit configured to store therein a gradation characteristic of each of the devices, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a phase in each of the devices corresponding to a position of a target pixel, a calculation unit configured to calculate an amount of density variation caused by each of the devices corresponding to the phase and an input value expressing the target pixel, and a correction unit configured to correct an input value expressing the image based on the density variation amount corresponding to each of the devices, wherein the calculation unit calculates the density variation amount based on the gradation characteristic. | 12-13-2012 |
20130038653 | Information Processing Method, Printing Apparatus, and Computer-Readable Medium for Supressing Light Scattering - Print data is generated to form an image on a printing medium by superposing a plurality of types of printing materials in some or all pixels of an output image in an order complying with the intensities of the light scattering characteristics of the plurality of types of printing materials. The generated print data is transmitted to a printing apparatus. | 02-14-2013 |
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20110124877 | 5-BENZYL-4-AZOLYLMETHYL-4-SPIRO[2.4]HEPTANOL DERIVATIVES, METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND AGRO-HORTICULTURAL AGENTS AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL PROTECTING AGENTS THEREOF - To provide a novel 5-benzyl-4-azolylmethyl-4-spiro[2.4]heptanol derivative, a method for producing the same, and an agro-horticultural agent and an industrial material protecting agent containing as an active ingredient the abovementioned 5-benzyl-4-azolylmethyl-4-spiro[2.4]heptanol derivative. | 05-26-2011 |
20120232286 | AZOLE DERIVATIVES, METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, INTERMEDIATE THEREOF, AGRO-HORTICULTURAL AGENTS - An azole derivative according to the invention is represented by Formula (I), wherein each of R | 09-13-2012 |
20120238762 | AZOLE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, INTERMEDIATE COMPOUNDS FOR THE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND AGRO-HORTICULTURAL AGENTS AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL PROTECTING AGENTS CONTAINING THE DERIVATIVES - To provide an azole derivative which is contained as an active ingredient in an agro-horticultural agent having an excellent controlling effect on diseases. An azole derivative according to the invention is represented by Formula (I), wherein R | 09-20-2012 |
20140179517 | AZOLE DERIVATIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, INTERMEDIATE COMPOUND, AND AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL CHEMICAL AGENT AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL PROTECTING AGENT - Provided is an azole derivative superior in disease-controlling activity contained as an active ingredient in agricultural or horticultural chemical agents. | 06-26-2014 |
20140200352 | AZOLE DERIVATIVES, METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, INTERMEDIATE THEREOF, AGRO-HORTICULTURAL AGENTS - An azole derivative according to the invention is represented by Formula (I), wherein each of R | 07-17-2014 |
20140213794 | AZOLE DERIVATIVES, METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, INTERMEDIATE THEREOF, AGRO-HORTICULTURAL AGENTS - An azole derivative according to the invention is represented by Formula (I), wherein each of R | 07-31-2014 |
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20090305096 | Liquid fuel supply type fuel cell, fuel cell electrode, and methods for manufacturing same - A liquid fuel supply type fuel cell is provided in which water present in the oxidizer electrode is promptly removed and evaporated, thereby achieving high output. A fuel cell electrode and methods for manufacturing the same are also provided. In a fuel cell, a base material is provided with a hydrophobic layer on the surface in contact with a catalyst layer for discharging water promptly, and a hydrophilic layer from the hydrophobic layer towards the outside of the cell for evaporating water which has passed through the hydrophobic layer from the surface. | 12-10-2009 |
20130192985 | ELECTRODE CATALYST - An electrode catalyst, including: a metal compound which contains an oxygen atom and at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Group 4 elements and Group 5 elements in the long-form periodic table, and a carbonaceous material which covers at least part of the metal compound; wherein an oxygen deficiency index, which is represented as an inverse number of a peak value of a first nearest neighbor element in a radial distribution function obtained by Fourier-transforming an EXAFS oscillation in EXAFS measurement of the metal element, is 0.125 to 0.170; and a crystallinity index, which is represented as a peak value of a second nearest neighbor element in the radial distribution function, is 4.5 to 8.0. | 08-01-2013 |
20140011102 | OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is an oxygen reduction catalyst having a high oxygen reduction performance. An oxygen reduction catalyst according to the present embodiment includes a transition metal oxide to which an oxygen defect is introduced, and a layer that is provided on the transition metal oxide and that contains an electron conductive substance. A method for producing an oxygen reduction catalyst according to the present embodiment includes heating a transition metal carbonitride as a starting material in an oxygen-containing mixed gas. In addition, a method for producing an oxygen reduction catalyst according to the present embodiment includes heating a transition-metal phthalocyanine and a carbon fiber powder as starting materials in an oxygen-containing mixed gas. | 01-09-2014 |
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20090020497 | Bottle - The bottle is provided with a base portion installed on the outer circumference brim of the bottom, a central recess installed inside the base portion and recessed toward the inside of the bottle, an annular wall portion installed between the base portion and the central recess and inclined so as to elevate gradually from the base portion to the central recess, and a plurality of ribs installed side by side at the annular wall portion in the circumferential direction of the bottom and protruding toward the inside of the bottle. The ribs are provided with a rising wall portion rising toward the inside of the bottle and an inclined wall portion inclined from the upper brim of the rising wall portion toward the lower brim of the rising wall portion of an adjacent rib. The rising wall portion is inclined more steeply than the inclined wall portion. | 01-22-2009 |
20120175339 | SYNTHETIC RESIN ROUND BOTTLE - A synthetic resin round bottle having a shape of the peripheral groove ribs that can increase the plane rigidity of the peripheral sidewall, without lowering the buckling strength in the vertical directions and the moldability of the bottle, including a round bottle having a neck, a tapered cylindrical shoulder, a cylindrical body, a bottom, a pair of peripheral groove ribs disposed at certain height positions of the body and formed in groove shapes, with one groove over the other groove in proximity to each other, where bases of these peripheral groove ribs are inclined relative to the direction of central axis of the bottle in a vertical sectional view, and the incline of a rib base for the upper peripheral groove rib has a direction opposite that of the incline of the rib base for the lower peripheral groove rib. | 07-12-2012 |
20130180998 | BOTTLE - A bottle is a bottle formed of synthetic resin materials in a cylindrical shape with a bottom. A bottom wall portion in a bottom portion thereof includes a grounding portion positioned at an outer circumferential edge thereof, a rising circumferential wall portion connected to the grounding portion from an inside of a bottle radial direction and extending upward, a movable wall portion protruding from an upper end part of the rising circumferential wall portion toward the inside of the bottle radial direction, and a recessed circumferential wall portion extending upward from an inner end part in the bottle radial direction of the movable wall portion. The movable wall portion is arranged to be movable upward together with the recessed circumferential wall portion, around a connected portion with the rising circumferential wall portion. A plurality of ribs are arranged in the movable wall portion radially around a bottle axis. | 07-18-2013 |
20130206719 | BOTTLE - There is provided a bottle formed of a synthetic resin material into a cylindrical shape with a bottom, a bottom wall portion of the bottom includes: a ground contact portion which is positioned at an outer circumferential edge portion; a rising peripheral wall portion which is connected to the ground contact portion from an inner side of a bottle radial direction and extends upward; an annular movable wall portion which protrudes from an upper end portion of the rising peripheral wall portion to the inner side of the bottle radial direction; and a depressed peripheral wall portion which extends upward from an inner end portion of the movable wall portion in the bottle radial direction. | 08-15-2013 |
20130213926 | BOTTLE - The present invention relates to a bottle which is formed of a synthetic resin material into a cylindrical shape with a bottom. A bottom wall portion of a bottom of the bottle includes: a ground contact portion; a rising peripheral wall portion; a ring-shaped movable wall portion; and a depressed peripheral wall portion. The movable wall portion is rotatably disposed about a connecting part with the rising peripheral wall portion so as to move the depressed peripheral wall portion upward, and a concave and convex portion is formed over an entire circumference of the rising peripheral wall portion. | 08-22-2013 |
20130220968 | BOTTLE - Provided is a bottle including a bottom part having a bottom wall part. The bottom wall part includes a grounding part located at the outer circumferential edge thereof, a standing peripheral wall part connecting to the grounding part from a radial inner side of the bottle and extending upward, an annular movable wall part projecting from an upper end of the standing peripheral wall part toward the radial inner side of the bottle, and a depression peripheral wall part extending upward from an inner end of the movable wall part in a radial direction of the bottle. The movable wall part is disposed to freely pivot around a connection part connected with the standing peripheral wall part so as to move the depression peripheral wall part in an upward direction, and the depression peripheral wall part is formed to have multiple stages. | 08-29-2013 |
20140124473 | BOTTLE - A synthetic resin bottle has a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and a bottom wall portion that includes a grounding portion located at an outer circumferential edge, a rising circumferential wall portion that is connected from an inner side to the grounding portion and extends upward, an annular movable wall portion protruding from an upper end of the rising circumferential wall portion toward the bottle radial inner side, and a recessed circumferential wall portion between the bottle radial inner side and the movable wall portion. The movable wall portion is free to rotate around a portion connected to the rising circumferential wall portion so as to move the recessed circumferential wall portion in an upward direction. The rising circumferential wall portion extends to be gradually inclined toward the bottle inner side, and an inclined angle thereof is equal to or less than 10° with respect to a bottle axis. | 05-08-2014 |
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20110005493 | METHOD OF PRODUCING COMMON RAIL AND COMMON RAIL - The present invention provides a method of producing a common rail having a common rail body and a holder which include chemical components of 0.01-0.3 mass % of C, 0.01-0.5 mass % of Si, 0.01-3.0 mass % of Mn, 0.0003-0.01 mass % of B, 0.001-0.01 mass % of N, over 0.01-0.5 mass % of Al, 0.01-0.05 mass % of Ti, P limited to 0.03 mass % or less, S limited to 0.01 mass % or less, O limited to 0.01 mass % or less, a total content of As, Sn, Sb, Pb, and Zn limited to 0.015 mass % or less, the balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the TLB value is 0.001% or more, the method including: inserting an insert metal; performing liquid phase diffusion bonding; performing laser-peening; and removing a surface layer. | 01-13-2011 |
20130215914 | LASER APPARATUS AND LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A laser apparatus of the present invention has a first laser oscillator that emits a first laser beam; a passive fiber that is a double-clad fiber that transmits the first laser beam through a core; and a second laser oscillator that emits a second laser beam that is coupled into inner cladding of the passive fiber. Additionally, a laser materials processing apparatus of the present invention is provided with the laser apparatus; and an irradiation optical system having a collimating lens and a condenser lens. | 08-22-2013 |
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20150059932 | GRAIN-ORIENTED MAGNETIC STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A grain-oriented magnetic steel sheet includes grooves each of which extends in a direction intersecting a transportation direction, the grooves being formed at predetermined pitches PL in the transportation direction by laser beam irradiation, in which a relationship between a standard deviation value D and the pitch PL satisfies the following expression (1), the standard deviation value D being a standard deviation of distances between a linear approximation line, which is obtained from a center line of each of the grooves in a groove width direction by a least-squares method, and respective positions on the center line, and an average angle formed between tangent lines of the respective positions on the center line and a direction perpendicular to the transportation direction is more than 0° to 30°.
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20110312486 | Alkali-Free Synthesis of Zeolitic Materials of the LEV-Type Structure - Described is a process for the production of a zeolitic material having an LEV-type framework structure comprising YO | 12-22-2011 |
20120259141 | Process for the Production of an Acylation Catalyst - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure comprising the steps of: (i) providing one or more zeolitic materials having a BEA framework structure, wherein the BEA framework structure comprises YO | 10-11-2012 |
20120259148 | Process For The Alkylation Of Organic Compounds - The present invention relates to a process for the alkylation of an organic compound comprising: (a) providing a catalyst comprising one or more zeolitic materials having a BEA framework structure, wherein the BEA framework structure comprises YO | 10-11-2012 |
20130101503 | Process For The Production Of A Core/Shell Zeolitic Material Having A CHA Framework Structure - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a CHA framework structure, said zeolitic material comprising zeolite crystals having a core-shell structure, wherein said process comprises the steps of
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20140113981 | Catalyst for the Conversion of Syngas to Olefins and Preparation Thereof - Described is a process for the production of a pillared silicate. The process comprises (i) providing a layered silicate; (ii) interlayer expanding the layered silicate provided in step (i) comprising a step of treating the layered silicate with one or more swelling agents; (iii) treating the interlayer expanded silicate obtained in step (ii) with one or more hydrolyzable silicon containing compounds; (iv) treating the interlayer expanded compound obtained in step (iii) with an aqueous solution to obtain a pillared silicate; (v) removing at least a portion of the one or more swelling agents from the pillared silicate obtained in step (iv); and (vi) impregnating the pillared silicate obtained in step (v) with one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ru, Ir, and combinations of two or more thereof. Also described is a pillared silicate optionally obtainable from said process and its use, in particular, in a process for the production of one or more olefins according to the invention. | 04-24-2014 |
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20090169183 | DATA RECORDING DEVICE, DATA RECORDING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, DATA RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA STRUCTURE - To effectively reproduce video depending on the performance of a reproducing apparatus. A controller | 07-02-2009 |
20100002146 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a video display system for allowing a user to look at and listen to video and sound on various means. A video display system has a video display device and a portable video display device, connected to each other for communication. The video display device produces own device video data and own device sound data to be displayed and reproduced, respectively, on the video display device; displays the own device video data and reproduces the own device sound data; encodes these data into a data format which the portable video display device is able to handle, to thereby produce other device video data and other device sound data; and sends to the portable video display device. The portable video display device receives these data, and decodes and displays the other device video data, and decodes and reproduces the other device sound data. | 01-07-2010 |
20140232941 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a video display system for allowing a user to look at and listen to video and sound on various means. A video display system has a video display device and a portable video display device, connected to each other for communication. The video display device produces own device video data and own device sound data to be displayed and reproduced, respectively, on the video display device; displays the own device video data and reproduces the own device sound data; encodes these data into a data format which the portable video display device is able to handle, to thereby produce other device video data and other device sound data; and sends to the portable video display device. The portable video display device receives these data, and decodes and displays the other device video data, and decodes and reproduces the other device sound data. | 08-21-2014 |
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20110115149 | SHEET GUIDE, SHEET CARRYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE THEREWITH - A sheet guide is rotationally supported by a shaft member to rotate freely on the shaft member. The sheet guide includes a support part that supports the sheet guide on the shaft member, a guide part that contacts sheets and guides sheets in a predetermined direction, and a weight, which has a predetermined weight, is arranged on an opposite side of the support part from the guide part, wherein the weight causes the guide part to rotate to a predetermined position when an external force applied to the guide part is released. | 05-19-2011 |
20110280615 | HOUSING ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A housing engagement structure used for a housing to accommodate therein an apparatus body includes a first housing member and a second housing member. The first housing member includes a first wall having a first overlap portion being an end of the first wall. The second housing member includes: a second wall having a second overlap portion being an end of the second wall configured to be in contact with an inner surface of the first overlap portion and overlapped with the first overlap portion; and a first reinforcement rib projected from the inner surface of the second wall and extending to a position to be in contact with an inner surface of the first wall in the vicinity of the first overlap portion thereby reinforcing the first overlap portion. | 11-17-2011 |
20140210162 | MEDIUM CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A medium conveyance device includes a pressed member, a first retention member retaining the pressed member and including a first bias-member retention portion, a press member provided facing the pressed member, a second retention member being provided movable relative to the first retention member and retaining the press member wherein the second retention member includes a second bias-member retention portion, and a bias member provided between the first bias-member retention portion and the second bias-member retention portion and supported at one end thereof by the first bias-member retention portion and at another end thereof by the second bias-member retention portion, thereby pressing the press member against the pressed member. | 07-31-2014 |
20150063859 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes: a developer image carrier configured to carry a developer image; a transfer unit provided in contact with the developer image carrier, and configured to transfer the developer image onto a medium which is conveyed along a medium conveyance path and passes through a contact between the developer image carrier and the transfer unit; a blower provided on one of upstream and downstream sides, in a medium conveyance direction, of the contact, and configured to cool the surface temperature of the developer image carrier; and a temperature sensor provided on the other of upstream and downstream sides, in the medium conveyance direction, of the contact, and configured to sense an ambient temperature around the developer image carrier. | 03-05-2015 |
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20100015102 | Composition for treatment of cartilage disease - The present invention provides a composition for regenerating cartilage or treating a cartilage disease containing a monovalent metal salt of alginic acid for which the endotoxin level thereof has been lowered to an extent that does not substantially induce inflammation or fever. As a result, it is possible to provide a composition for regenerating cartilage that improves cartilage regenerative action and ease of application to a cartilage injury lesion, and a composition for treating a cartilage disease, which has the effects of protecting cartilage from mechanical irritation, inhibiting degenerative changes in cartilage caused by wear and inflammation, repairing a cartilage injury lesion, and inhibiting inflammation and pain of joint tissue. | 01-21-2010 |
20100048506 | Composition for treating arthritic disorder - The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating a joint disease containing as an active ingredient thereof a monovalent metal salt of alginic acid for which the endotoxin level thereof has been lowered to an extent that does not substantially induce inflammation or fever. As a result, it is possible to provide a composition for treating a joint disease which has the effects of protecting cartilage from mechanical irritation, inhibiting degenerative changes in cartilage caused by wear and inflammation, repairing cartilage injuries, suppressing inflammation and pain of joint tissue, inhibiting degeneration of synovial tissue, and inhibiting osteochondral destruction. | 02-25-2010 |
20130189231 | COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF CARTILAGE DISEASE - The present invention provides a composition for regenerating cartilage or treating a cartilage disease containing a monovalent metal salt of alginic acid for which the endotoxin level thereof has been lowered to an extent that does not substantially induce inflammation or fever. As a result, it is possible to provide a composition for regenerating cartilage that improves cartilage regenerative action and ease of application to a cartilage injury lesion, and a composition for treating a cartilage disease, which has the effects of protecting cartilage from mechanical irritation, inhibiting degenerative changes in cartilage caused by wear and inflammation, repairing a cartilage injury lesion, and inhibiting inflammation and pain of joint tissue. | 07-25-2013 |
20130280252 | METHOD FOR SELECTING PATIENT TO BE GIVEN DRUG FOR TREATING SEPTICEMIA - The present invention is a method for selecting a patient to be given a drug for treating septicemia the mode of action of which is to interrupt toll-like receptor 4-derived intracellular signaling. The provided method comprises a step for measuring sCD14-ST in a blood sample from a subject, a step for comparing the measured value with a cut-off value, and a step for selecting a patient as the patient to be given the drug for the treatment of septicemia when the measured value of the sample of that patient is positive in comparison to the cut-off value. The present invention makes it possible to provide a drug to be given to a specific patient to treat septicemia, the mode of action of which is to interrupt toll-like receptor 4-derived intracellular signaling, and to appropriately select the patient to be given the drug and the administration timing or dose. | 10-24-2013 |
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20100090725 | SENSE-AMPLIFIER CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF SENSE AMPLIFIER - A sense amplifier control circuit includes an initial-voltage setting circuit configured to set a control signal to an initial voltage, the control signal controlling a sensing operation of a sense amplifier, and a control-signal-level adjusting circuit configured to first change a voltage level of the control signal from the initial voltage to a voltage level at which the sense amplifier can execute a current sensing, and is configured to second change, after a predetermined time elapses, the voltage level at which the sense amplifier can execute the current sensing to a voltage level at which the sense amplifier can execute a voltage sensing. | 04-15-2010 |
20100195422 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a current difference sense type of a sense amplifier including: an input line connected to memory cells as a target to be read, a reference line connected to reference cells, and a first pre-charge circuit configured to pre-charge the input line and the reference line; a second pre-charge circuit configured to perform pre-charging of the input line and pre-charging of the reference line; and a control circuit configured to control the second pre-charge circuit so that the second pre-charge circuit may perform both the pre-charging of the input line and the pre-charging of the reference line independently of each other, and start both the pre-charging of the input line and the pre-charging of the reference line earlier than pre-charging by the first pre-charge circuit. | 08-05-2010 |
20120230131 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes cells, and a sense amplifier. Each of the cells is connected to a bit line. The sense amplifier reads out data. The sense amplifier includes a first transistor to third transistor, and a switch. The first transistor has one end of a current path, the other end, and a gate. The second transistor has one end, and the other end. The second transistor has one of a first and a second supply ability. The third transistor has one end, and the other end. The third transistor has one of a third and a fourth supply ability. The switch grounds the second and the third transistors. The sense amplifier turns off the first transistor after transferring the data to an outside, and supplies the second signal to the switch to set gates of the second transistor and third transistor to ground. | 09-13-2012 |
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20090084989 | BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS WITH DEEP ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE FOR LITHOGRAPHIC PATTERN INSPECTION SYSTEM - An illumination beam irradiation apparatus for use in pattern inspection systems is disclosed, which is less in deterioration of optical components and in attenuation of illumination light. The illumination apparatus includes a light source which yields a fundamental wave, a beam-shaper unit which performs beam-shaping of the fundamental wave so that this wave has a prespecified shape, and a pattern generator unit which operates, upon receipt of the beam-shaped fundamental wave, to convert this incoming wave into illumination light with a shorter wavelength to thereby generate illumination light of a prespecified shape. The illuminator also includes an image relay unit for guiding the illumination light that was generated by the pattern generator to fall onto a workpiece under inspection, such as a photomask or else. | 04-02-2009 |
20100128343 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION METHOD - A wavelength conversion light source apparatus includes a fundamental wave light source configured to emit a fundamental wave, a nonlinear crystal configured to convert a wavelength of the fundamental wave by being irradiated with the fundamental wave and making the fundamental wave pass therethrough, and a movement unit configured to place the nonlinear crystal thereon and continuously move the nonlinear crystal within a plane, where a phase matching condition is not violated, so that a passage path of the fundamental wave passing through the nonlinear crystal is changed. | 05-27-2010 |
20120242985 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a pattern inspection apparatus includes a stage supporting a substrate with a pattern, a light source irradiating the substrate with light, a detection unit, an optical system, a focus position change unit, a control unit, and a determination unit. The detection unit detects reflected light from the substrate. The optical system leads the light from the light source to the substrate and leads the reflected light to the detection unit. The focus position change unit changes a focus position of the light to the substrate in a direction vertical to the surface of the substrate. The control unit associates the movement of the stage with the light irradiation and controls the stage drive unit and the focus position change unit, thereby changing the focus position. The determination unit determines presence/absence of a defect of the pattern based on the signal from the determination unit. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242995 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a pattern inspection apparatus includes a beam splitter, a polarization controller, a phase controller, a wave front distribution controller, and a detector. The beam splitter generates signal light and reference light from light emitted from a light source. The signal light is reflected light from a pattern on a subject to be inspected. The polarization controller is configured to control the polarization angle and polarization phase of the reference light. The phase controller is configured to control the phase of the reference light. The wave front distribution controller is configured to control a wave front distribution of the reference light. The detector is configured to detect light resulting from interference caused by superposing the signal light and the reference light on each other. | 09-27-2012 |
20120243770 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a pattern inspection method includes: applying a light generated from a light source to the same region of a substrate in which an inspection target pattern is formed; guiding, imaging and then detecting a reflected light from the substrate, and acquiring a detection signal for each of a plurality of different wavelengths; and adding the detection signals of the different wavelengths in association with an incident position of an imaging surface to generate added image data including information on a wavelength and signal intensity, judging, by the added image data, whether the inspection target pattern has any defect, and when judging that the inspection target pattern has a defect, detecting the position of the defect in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. | 09-27-2012 |
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20090245312 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER ELEMENT ARRAY - Provided is a surface emitting laser element array of low cost and high reliability. The surface emitting laser element array has a substrate having a semiconductor of a first conduction type; and a plurality of surface emitting laser elements each having, above the substrate, an active layer sandwiched between a first conduction type semiconductor layer area and a second conduction type semiconductor layer area and disposed between a upper reflective mirror and a lower reflective mirror, the surface emitting laser elements being separated from each other by an electric separation structure formed having such a depth as to reach the substrate. The first conduction type semiconductor layer area is arranged between the substrate and the active layer. The surface emitting laser element array further has a current blocking layer arranged between the substrate and the first conduction type semiconductor layer area; and two electrodes connected to the first conduction type semiconductor layer area and the second conduction type semiconductor layer area, respectively, and arranged on a side of the current blocking layer opposite to the substrate. | 10-01-2009 |
20090304036 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE AND VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY - In the surface emitting laser, low threshold electric current and high-power output are achieved while maintaining single mode characteristics. The surface emitting laser comprises a layered structure formed on a GaAs substrate | 12-10-2009 |
20110261852 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor laser element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first reflecting mirror, a second reflecting mirror, and a resonator. The resonator includes an active layer, a current confinement layer, a first semiconductor layer having a first doping concentration formed at a side opposite to the active layer across the current confinement layer, and a second semiconductor layer having a second doping concentration higher than the first doping concentration formed between the first semiconductor layer and the current confinement layer. The first electrode is provided to contact a part of a surface of the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer has a diffusion portion into which a component of the first electrode diffuses. The second semiconductor layer contacts the diffusion portion. The second semiconductor layer is positioned at a node of a standing wave at a time of laser oscillation of the semiconductor laser element. | 10-27-2011 |
20130010822 | VERTICAL LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a vertical light emitting device comprising an upper multilayer reflective film and a lower multilayer reflective film that are formed facing each other and oscillate light; an intermediate layer that is formed below the upper multilayer reflective film and includes a layer having a different composition than the upper multilayer reflective film; and an electrode portion that is formed to sandwich the intermediate layer in a cross-sectional plane parallel to an oscillation direction of the light and to have a top end that is higher than a top surface of the intermediate layer. After the electrode portion is formed to sandwich the intermediate layer, the upper multilayer reflective film is layered on the intermediate layer. | 01-10-2013 |
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20090087819 | Information Providing System for Meal Management - Meal menu data suitable for each patient is created as a combination of a plurality of types of meal according to the symptom, actual condition, or preference and provided to the patient or alliance restaurants. An information processing system for meal management comprises medical institution network servers interconnected through a bidirectional information communication network, restaurant servers, patient data processors, and a center server. The center server includes meal restriction information storage means for storing meal restriction information created according to electronic medical record information on each patient provided from the medical institution network server for each patient ID number, means for creating meal menu information served in the restaurants corresponding to the electronic medical record information or the meal restriction information on the patient according to the meal restriction information for each patient ID number and means for distributing the meal menu information to the restaurant servers and the patient data processors through the bidirectional information communication network. | 04-02-2009 |
20090176693 | AGENT FOR MAINTAINING THE HARDNESS OF TOOTH STRUCTURE - Provided are an agent for maintaining hardness of tooth substances and a food or drink for maintaining the hardness of tooth substances, both of which include lactoferrin and iron-lactoferrin as an active ingredient. Lactoferrin and iron-lactoferrin suppress decalcification of enamel by use or ingestion thereof, and hence is effective for the prevention of dental caries. | 07-09-2009 |
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20090206833 | MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH MEASUREMENT METHOD - The magnetic sensor according to the present invention includes: a magneto-resistive effect element which has a stacked body in which a magnetization-free layer, a nonmagnetic layer, and a magnetization fixed layer are stacked in this order, and the longitudinal direction of which is a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction; and a current path layer which is provided on the magneto-resistive effect element via an insulation layer so as to be spaced apart from the magneto-resistive effect element in the stacking direction, and which generates a magnetic field by being supplied with a current. The current path layer extends in a direction which forms an angle between 0 and 45 degrees to the longitudinal direction of the magneto-resistive effect element when viewed from the stacking direction. | 08-20-2009 |
20090243608 | MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT METHOD AND MAGNETIC SENSOR - The magnetic field measurement method has: a step of preparing a magnetic sensor which includes: a magneto-resistive effect element having a magnetization-free layer and a magnetization fixed layer, and having a longitudinal direction; and magnetic field application means, wherein the magnetization direction of the magnetization fixed layer is fixed in a direction which forms an angle equal to or less than 45 degrees to the longitudinal direction, and a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field application means forms an angle equal to or less than 45 degrees to the longitudinal direction; a step of saturating the magnetization of the magnetization-free layer by the magnetic field application means and magnetizing the magnetization-free layer in one direction in the longitudinal direction; and a step of measuring the strength of an external magnetic field by applying the external magnetic field to the magnetization-free layer in the other direction in the longitudinal direction. | 10-01-2009 |
20100079316 | Digital signal transmitting apparatus and digital signal transmitting method - A digital signal transmitting apparatus includes an encoder which converts parallel input signals of multiple channels into serial data in a manner synchronized with a first clock signal, and a decoder which converts the serial data into parallel output signals of the multiple channels in a manner synchronized with a second clock signal operating in a manner asynchronous with the first clock signal. The serial data has a different period and a different duty factor corresponding to each combination of the logical values of the parallel input signals of the multiple channels. | 04-01-2010 |
20100127803 | Signal transmitting device - A magnetic coupling-type isolator includes a primary coil configured to generate a first magnetic field in accordance with an input signal, a bias coil configured to generate a second magnetic field in accordance with a bias signal, a first magneto-resistive element having a magnetic resistance increased by the first magnetic field and decreased by the second magnetic field, a second magneto-resistive element having a magnetic resistance decreased by the first magnetic field and increased by the second magnetic field, and a comparator configured to output an output signal in accordance with a difference between the magnetic resistance of the first magneto-resistive element and the magnetic resistance of the second magneto-resistive element. | 05-27-2010 |
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20100089558 | Total Heat Exchanging Element and Total Heat Exchanger - A total heat exchanging element | 04-15-2010 |
20100147499 | HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, HEAT EXCHANGER, AND HEAT EXCHANGE VENTILATOR - According to the present invention, in constituting a heat exchange element having a stacked-layer structure in which sheet-like partition members added a moisture absorbent thereto and spacing members are stacked alternately, the spacing members being joined with the partition members so as to form air flow passages together with the partition members, each of the spacing members includes a plurality of section walls that divide a space between the partition member joined under the spacing member and the partition member joined on the spacing member into a plurality of flow passages, and one or more first section walls formed with holes that bring adjacent flow passages into communication with each other and one or more second section walls formed with no hole that brings adjacent flow passages into communication with each other are alternately arranged in each of the spacing members. The present invention facilitates to constitute a light-weight total-heat type heat exchanger having high heat exchanging efficiency using the heat exchange element. | 06-17-2010 |
20100175859 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A total heat exchange element has a stacked-layer structure in which sheet-like partition members added a water-soluble moisture absorbent thereto and spacing members are stacked alternately, the spacing members are joined with the partition members by using an adhesive so as to form air flow passages together with the partition members. According to the present invention, the spacing members have water retention properties. Further, an adhesive that exhibits insolubility to the water-soluble moisture absorbent or an aqueous solution of the water-soluble moisture absorbent is used as the adhesive. As a result, it is easy to obtain a total heat exchange element with which it is possible to easily constitute an air-conditioning apparatus or a ventilator that has high latent heat exchange efficiency and has high reliability. | 07-15-2010 |
20100178157 | HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND HEAT EXCHANGE VENTILATOR - A heat exchange element according to the present invention has a stacked-layer structure in which sheet-like partition members and spacing members are stacked alternately, while the spacing members are joined with the partition members so as to form air flow passages together with the partition members. A plurality of adhesive layers included in the stacked-layer structure i.e., the plurality of adhesive layers that cause the partition members to be each joined with a corresponding one of the spacing members include one or more colored adhesive layers. It is therefore easy to manufacture a heat exchange element having a desired color arrangement at a low cost, regardless of the type of the heat exchange element. | 07-15-2010 |
20110108256 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGING ELEMENT AND TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGER - A total heat exchanging element includes a partitioning component to which a water-soluble moisture-absorbing agent has been added that is a component partitioning between a first laminar air-flow path and a second laminar air-flow path that are layered; a spacing component that forms the first laminar air-flow path and the second laminar air-flow path and maintains a space between adjacent partitioning components; and an adhesive agent that adheres the partitioning component and the spacing component. The adhesive agent is a water-solvent-type adhesive agent impregnated with a water-soluble moisture-absorbing agent. The partitioning component and the spacing component are made from a liquid-absorbing material that absorbs water and substances dissolved in the water. | 05-12-2011 |
20110146961 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT - A total heat exchange element includes a sheet-like partitioning member and space holding members on both sides of the partitioning member to form air paths and performs a heat exchange via the partitioning member between an air flow flowing through an air path formed on one side of the partitioning member and an air flow flowing through an air path formed on other side of the partitioning member. The partitioning member and the space holding members are bonded by a water-solvent adhesive in which a water-soluble moisture-absorbing agent is dissolved. | 06-23-2011 |
20120037349 | HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT - A heat exchange element includes a first flow passage and a second flow passage extending orthogonal thereto. The first flow passage is an undulating flow passage that has a rectangular cross section and is formed by positioning, a first wave-form plate member and a second wave-form plate member on top of each other and with a predetermined interval therebetween, and further causing spacers to hermetically close two lateral portions with respect to the traveling direction of the fluid. The second flow passage is a straight flow passage that has a substantially triangular cross section and is formed between a flat-plate-like member and one of the first and the second wave-form plate members, when the flat-plate-like member is positioned on the wave-like form of the one of the first and the second wave-form plate members so as to be in close contact therewith. | 02-16-2012 |
20120043064 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT - A total heat exchange element includes a first flow passage and a second flow passage extending orthogonal thereto. The first flow passage is an undulating flow passage that has a rectangular cross section and is formed by positioning a first wave-form plate member and a second wave-form plate member on top of each other and with a predetermined interval therebetween, and further causing spacers to hermetically close two lateral portions with respect to the traveling direction of the fluid. The second flow passage is a straight flow passage that has a substantially triangular cross section and is formed between a flat-plate-like member and one of the first and the second wave-form plate members. | 02-23-2012 |
20120168136 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT - In a total heat exchange element, a partition member has a heat transfer property, moisture permeability, and a gas blocking property. A spacer is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape polygonal in section extending substantially in parallel along the surface of the partition member and includes an overlapping wall that overlaps the partition member and supporting walls that rise from side ends of the overlapping wall and are vertically provided between the partition members respectively being upper and lower parts in a laminating direction to retain a space between the partition members. The overlapping wall has thickness smaller than that of the supporting walls and stuck to the partition member with an adhesive having moisture permeability. | 07-05-2012 |
20140242900 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is a total heat exchange element in which a spacing member is provided on both sides of a sheet-like partition member to form a flow path and which performs heat exchange between an airflow that flows in a flow path formed on one side of the partition member and an airflow that flows in a flow path formed on another side of the partition member via the partition member, wherein the spacing member is molded integrally with the partition member by using a resin, and the partition member is configured to include a functional layer that has heat conductivity, moisture permeability, and gas shielding property and a heat shrink layer that shrinks at a predetermined temperature or higher. | 08-28-2014 |
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20080243747 | PROPERTY DESCRIPTION COVERAGE MEASURING APPARATUS - A design automaton extractor extracts a design automaton from design description data, and a property automaton extractor extracts a property automaton from property description data corresponding to the design description data. A matched state detector counts all states of the design automaton, detects matched states matching the property automaton from all the states of the design automaton, and counts the matched states. A coverage calculator obtains a ratio of the number of matched states to the number of all the states of the design automaton, thereby calculating a coverage representing the degree of correspondence of the property description data to the design description data. | 10-02-2008 |
20080244492 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided with a designing apparatus, including: an input accepting unit configured to accept an input of design description which describes a design of a system that includes components and a plurality of channels each of which connects between components communicating with each other; component constraint description which describes constraints that should be met by respective components; channel constraint description which describes constraints that should be met by respective channels; a connection constraint description calculator configured to calculate connection constraint description which describes constraints that should be met between components connected by each channel: a specifying unit configured to specify communication medium or communication protocol to be used in the system; an overall constraint description calculator configured to calculate overall constraint description which describes constraints that should be met between all of the components. | 10-02-2008 |
20090019406 | VERIFICATION APPARATUS AND VERIFICATION METHOD - A variable is allocated to a statement that designates an event associated with a function call in an assertion. Generation of the event at an arbitrary time on a continuous time series is detected, and a value corresponding to a meaning of the statement is assigned to the variable. Whether or not a condition corresponding to the meaning of the statement is satisfied is determined based on the value of the variable at each time on a discrete time series. | 01-15-2009 |
20100235818 | PRE-CONDITION GENERATION DEVICE, POST-CONDITION GENERATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THESE CONDITIONS - A device includes: a storage storing second logical expressions; an storage storing an essential condition which indicates a set of one or more second logical expressions selected such that a proposition is not satisfied that the post-condition is satisfied immediately after a program is executed when a logical product of other second logical expressions obtained by excluding the set indicated by the essential condition from the storage is satisfied; a generator generating a candidate condition represented by a logical product of one or more second logical expressions to include a common second logical expression with the set indicated by the essential condition; a judging unit judging whether satisfied is a proposition that the post-condition is satisfied immediately after the program is executed when the candidate condition is satisfied, and an output unit configured to output the candidate condition determined to satisfy the proposition as representing a pre-condition of the program. | 09-16-2010 |
20120266133 | PRECONDITION GENERATING APPARATUS - There is provided a precondition generating apparatus in which a storage stores a set “S” of logical expressions; a creating unit creates a first logical expression being a logical product of the “S”, logical expressions of a program and a negation of a logical expression indicating a postcondition; a solver finds a solution that makes the first logical expression true and specifies a set of clauses that cannot be simultaneously true in the first logical expression if not found; wherein the creating unit sets relaxing variables for the logical expressions belonging to the set “S” in the set of clauses wherein the logical expressions indicates a precondition of the program, generates a second logical expression by alleviating the clauses of logical expressions corresponding to the relaxing variables in the first logical expression, and applies same process as in the first logical expression to the second logical expression. | 10-18-2012 |
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20090106418 | AGENT DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING-DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE-FORMING-DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, IMAGE-FORMING-DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An agent device is connected with one or more image-forming devices in a local network having a firewall provided therein. A management device carries out remote management of the image-forming devices in the local network through the Internet. The agent device includes a command receiving unit which starts connection with the management device and receives a management command from the management device via the firewall, the command being sent by the management device in response to the connection. An image-forming-device communication unit receives device-state information of a corresponding one of the image-forming devices according to the management command. A command response transmitting unit transmits the device-state information to the management device through the Internet. | 04-23-2009 |
20100077207 | COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SETTING CERTIFICATE - An apparatus in a system which includes at least a high-level apparatus and a plurality of low-level apparatuses, said apparatus being one of the low-level apparatuses. The apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store an individual certificate set and a common certificate set and a communication unit configured to transmit own authentication information to the high level apparatus to allow the high level apparatus to perform decryption to authenticate the validity of the apparatus. | 03-25-2010 |
20100132025 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CERTIFICATE TRANSMISSION METHOD, ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD AND A PROGRAM THEREFOR - A communication apparatus has a communication part and authenticates a communication partner by using a digital certificate. The communication apparatus includes an authentication part carrying out authentication of the communication partner by using a common certificate. The common certificate is a digital certificate not including identification information of an apparatus. An individualized certificate transmission part acquires, in the case the authentication by the authentication part has been made successfully, an individualized certificate and transmits the individualized certificate to the communication partner. The individualized certificate is a digital certificate including identification information of the communication partner. | 05-27-2010 |
20120331299 | COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SETTING CERTIFICATE - An apparatus in a system which includes at least a high-level apparatus and a plurality of low-level apparatuses, said apparatus being one of the low-level apparatuses. The apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store an individual certificate set and a common certificate set and a communication unit configured to transmit own authentication information to the high level apparatus to allow the high level apparatus to perform decryption to authenticate the validity of the apparatus. | 12-27-2012 |
20130263243 | AGENT DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING-DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE-FORMING-DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, IMAGE-FORMING-DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An agent device is connected with one or more image-forming devices in a local network having a firewall provided therein. A management device carries out remote management of the image-forming devices in the local network through the Internet. The agent device includes a command receiving unit which starts connection with the management device and receives a management command from the management device via the firewall, the command being sent by the management device in response to the connection. An image-forming-device communication unit receives device-state information of a corresponding one of the image-forming devices according to the management command. A command response transmitting unit transmits the device-state information to the management device through the Internet. | 10-03-2013 |
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20080197579 | Laminate-type gasket - A metal laminate gasket includes a first metal substrate having a base portion and a folded portion, a second metal substrate laminated with the first metal plate, an intermediate plate disposed between the base portion and the second metal substrate, and a bead plate situated under the base portion. The bead plate includes a first full bead disposed around the first hole to project toward the base portion, and an outside portion disposed above the intermediate plate. The bead plate, first and second metal substrates and intermediate plate have first and second holes. The bead plate is formed to surround the first and second holes without extending to an entire area of the gasket. The total plate thickness of the first and second metal substrates, bead plate and intermediate plate at the full bead position is substantially same as that around the second hole. | 08-21-2008 |
20080197580 | Metal laminate gasket - A metal laminate gasket includes a first metal plate having a folded portion at a peripheral of a combustion chamber hole, a second metal plate provided in the folded portion, a third metal plate provided in the folded portion and having an extension portion extending outwardly from the folded portion, a fourth metal plate provided on a folded side of the first metal plate and partially overlapping a part of the extension portion of the third metal plate, and a fifth metal plate provided on the folded side of the first metal plate so that the fifth metal plate does not overlap the third metal plate. A bead is provided on at least one of the second and third metal plates and situated inside the folded portion. A total thickness of the metal laminate gasket declines in a stepwise fashion from the folded portion. | 08-21-2008 |
20090096176 | Metal laminate gasket - A metal laminate gasket to be arranged between two members includes a first metal plate and a second metal plate laminated together. The first metal plate has a first hole to be sealed, a first bead around the first hole, and a plurality of second holes around the first bead as bolt holes. The second metal plate has a third hole and fourth holes corresponding to the first and second holes, respectively, and depressions formed at a side facing the first metal plate around the third hole. Each of the depressions is formed on two sides of a line connecting a center of the third hole and a center of each of the fourth holes so that a compressing force of the bead when the gasket is compressed becomes substantially equal around the first hole. | 04-16-2009 |
20090184478 | Metal gasket - A metal gasket includes at least one structural plate having a sealing bore and bolt holes located around the seal bore. An inner bead is formed on the at least one structural plate to surround the sealing bore. The inner bead has first neighboring portions near the bolt holes and first outer portions outside the first neighboring portions. The first neighboring portion has a compression resistance smaller than that of the first outer portion. An outer bead is formed on the at least one structural plate to surround the inner bead such that the bolt holes are located inside thereof. The outer bead has second neighboring portions near the bolt holes and second outer portions outside the second neighboring portions. The second neighboring portion has a compression resistance greater than that of the second outer portion. | 07-23-2009 |
20090200755 | Cylinder head gasket and cylinder head gasket design method - A cylinder head gasket includes at least one metal plate having a plurality of cylinder bores, a plurality of liquid holes and a plurality of bolt holes. Sealing beads are formed around the cylinder bores and the fluid holes, and a parting bead is formed separately from the sealing beads. In case the at least one metal plate is divided, in a plan view, into four areas including a front side and a rear side, and an intake side and an exhaust side by two straight lines perpendicular to each other to have equal areas, respectively, the parting bead is added to at least one of the four areas such that a total length of the sealing bead and the parting bead therein is between 95% and 100% of one of the four areas having a longest total length of the sealing bead. | 08-13-2009 |
20100225068 | Metal laminate gasket - A metal laminate gasket includes a plurality of metal plates including a first metal plate having a first hole to be sealed and a bead around the first hole, and a second metal plate laminated under the first metal plate and having a second hole corresponding to the first hole. Concavities and convexities are formed at the second metal plate concentrically around the second hole for increasing an apparent plate thickness of the second metal plate. The concavities and convexities are provided continuously at a position corresponding to the foot portion or the top portion of the bead of the first metal plate. The concavities and convexities have a height and width smaller than those of the bead, and have a deformation characteristic due to a surface pressure when compressed, smaller than that of the bead. | 09-09-2010 |
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20080253505 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - For the purpose of X-ray CT imaging a heart of a subject with high image quality while reducing stress on the subject, once an optimal cardiac phase has been set by an optimal cardiac phase setting section | 10-16-2008 |
20080260092 | X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - For the purpose of providing an X-ray tomographic imaging apparatus for displaying a dual-energy image to facilitate diagnosis by an operator, an X-ray tomographic imaging apparatus ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080317196 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - In X-ray CT imaging for scanning a subject in the same anatomical region with two kinds of X-rays having different energy distributions, for the purpose of reducing a subject's positional offset between two kinds of tomographic images representing the same slice by a simple control scheme while reducing stress on the subject, a cardiac cycle identifying section | 12-25-2008 |
20090022263 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING AN IMAGE - The present invention provides an X-ray CT apparatus for imaging an MD image having a better S/N. The X-ray CT apparatus for taking an image with one of two materials within a subject to be examined being fractionated, acquiring two sets of data corresponding to said two types of X-ray having different energy by scanning using said two types of X-ray, generating a first image based on the two sets of data with the pixel values made by weighted addition of two types of CT values corresponding to the two types of X-ray, generating a second image based on the two sets of data, wherein the other one of the two types of material being fractionated, and generating an image by weighted subtraction of the first image and the second image. | 01-22-2009 |
20090122953 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An X-ray CT apparatus includes an X-ray radiation unit which applies a first X-ray having a first energy spectrum and a second X-ray having a second energy spectrum different from the first energy spectrum to a subject, an X-ray data acquisition unit which acquires first X-ray projection data of the subject based on the first X-ray and second X-ray projection data of the subject based on the second X-ray, and an image reconstruction unit which determines information about a difference between the first X-ray and the second X-ray with respect to an image of the subject, segments the image into at least two pixel areas based on the difference information, and sets part of the segmented pixel areas to a dual energy image obtained by a weighted subtraction process based on X-ray projection data having a plurality of energy spectrums. | 05-14-2009 |
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20090280149 | Cosmetic and Method for Production Thereof - A cosmetic in an emulsified state, in which a titanium dioxide microparticle coated with hydrous silicic acid and/or a hydrous silicate compound, a higher alcohol, an oily component other than the higher alcohol, and a polysaccharide are contained, and the polysaccharide containing at least one of fucose, glucose, glucuronic acid and rhamnose as a constituent monosaccharide, and having fucose and/or rhamnose in a side chain is contained in an amount of 0.01% by weight to 1% by weight relative to the total amount of the cosmetic. And a cosmetic containing the higher alcohol, the oily component and the polysaccharide in an emulsified state, in which the higher alcohol is composed of two or more kinds of higher alcohols having different molecular weights, and is contained in the cosmetic in an amount of 1% by weight to 20% by weight relative to the total amount of the cosmetic. The oily component is contained in an amount of 1% by weight to 20% by weight relative to the total amount of the cosmetic, and the polysaccharide is contained in an amount of 0.01% by weight to 1% by weight relative to the total amount of the cosmetic, and a producing method thereof. | 11-12-2009 |
20090324658 | Cosmetic and Method for Production Thereof - A cosmetic exhibiting improved thermal stability and storage stability, which is prepared by using a three-phase emulsification-dispersing method in an aqueous phase. In the cosmetic containing an oily base material and/or a pigment as a component to be emulsification-dispersed, an emulsification-dispersing agent and water, the thermal stability and storage stability are improved, and the emulsification-dispersing agent composed of a polysaccharide having a particulate structure as a main component, and two or more kinds of components to be emulsification-dispersed are contained. The components to be emulsification-dispersed exhibit a dielectric constant ranging from 1 to 5 (F/m), and an inorganicity/organicity ratio ranging from 0 to 0.5. | 12-31-2009 |
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20110157213 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - According to one embodiment, a first extraction unit extracts a first group of pixels having a specific hue from an input image. A second extraction unit extracts a second group of pixels having large distance from a reference axis on a plane defined by a chroma axis and a luminance axis from the first group. A first transform unit executes a plurality of color-transform processing to the second group and obtains a plurality of third groups of pixels as the second group transformed by each color-transform processing. A reliability calculation unit calculates a reliability of each third group. The reliability is larger when pixels of the third group are more located in shape of a straight line on the plane. A selection unit selects a color-transform processing by which the third group has the largest reliability from the plurality of color-transform processing. A second transform unit executes the color-transform processing to the input image to obtain an output image. | 06-30-2011 |
20130039053 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE - In an embodiment, an illuminating device includes a light source, a light source control unit, an estimation unit, a first calculating unit, and a second calculating unit. The light source includes light emitters, each having a different spectral distribution. The light source control unit determines an emission intensity of each of the light emitters. The estimation unit estimates a spectral reflectivity of an object. The first calculating unit calculates a first evaluation value, indicating an adequacy of a color of the object visually perceived, based on the spectral distributions and the spectral reflectivity. The second calculating unit calculates a second evaluation value, indicating how much an influence is given by the illuminating light to factors other than a visual sense. The light source control unit determines the emission intensities by which the first evaluation value and the second evaluation value satisfy a restraint condition determined beforehand. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040276 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, an illumination device includes a light source whose emission intensity is controllable; an identifying unit configured to identify an activity of a user; and a light source controller configured to control the emission intensity of the light source so that a level of arousal of the user becomes lower than a predetermined level when the identified activity is a learning activity representing an activity to form a memory in the brain of the user. | 02-14-2013 |
20130328501 | CONTROL DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a control device includes a first calculator and a second calculator. The first calculator is configured to calculate a wavelength of light to be emitted from a light source whose emission intensity is controllable and which has at least one light emitting element at predetermined time intervals in a manner that adjusts the wavelength by a predetermined amount of change within a range of a first wavelength of light to be emitted at a start of adjustment to a second wavelength of light to be emitted at an end of the adjustment, the calculated wavelength being set as a third wavelength. The second calculator is configured to calculate an emission intensity of the light emitting element at the third wavelength. | 12-12-2013 |
20140132827 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, a control apparatus includes an identification unit and a derivation unit. The identification unit is configured to identify an attribute of an object included in image data. The derivation unit is configured to derive a combination of at least two types of light sources and lighting rates of the light sources, based on the identified attribute of the object, the lights having different spectral power distributions. | 05-15-2014 |
20140139135 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an illumination apparatus includes a light source that emits at least two types of lights having different spectral distributions and a controller. The controller starts controlling of the light source. The controller sequentially performs switching-controlling of pre-set lighting-up patterns of the light source so as to switch at least one of a combination of the lights having different spectral distributions of the light source and a combination of intensities of the light source in response to the start of the control of the light source. The controller ends controlling of the light source after at least the switching-controlling of all the pre-set lighting-up patterns of the light source is performed. | 05-22-2014 |