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20110008068 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device is disclosed which includes a developing tank, a developing roller, a carrying member, and a filter. Rotation of the developing roller causes a first airflow directed from the outside of the developing tank through an air path to the inside of the developing tank. Rotation of the carrying member causes a second airflow directed from below in an upward direction inside the developing tank. Collision between the first airflow and the second airflow causes a third airflow directed from the inside of the developing tank through the filter to the outside of the developing tank and further from the outside through the filter back to the inside of the developing tank. This arrangement prevents not only filter clogging but also a toner leak to the outside of the developing device. | 01-13-2011 |
20110052268 | TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A toner cartridge includes a toner reservoir for storing toner and a toner conveyor portion. The toner conveyor portion includes a toner discharge port for discharging toner stored in the toner reservoir to the outside and a toner conveying member for conveying toner to the toner discharge port. The toner conveyor portion includes an airtight cover that encloses the upper part of the toner conveying member located over the toner discharge port, a communication opening arranged near the toner discharge port to connect between the toner conveyor portion and the toner reservoir and a pressure relieve valve that opens and closes the communication opening in accordance with the pressure of the toner in the space enclosed by the airtight cover. | 03-03-2011 |
20120008988 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device | 01-12-2012 |
20120162683 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM FOR ORDERING OPTIONAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ORDERING OPTIONAL DEVICE - The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image forming main device which has a control section. The control section (a) obtains, from an external device via a communication device, option information indicative of an at least one optional device and eco-information indicative of an amount of greenhouse-gas emitted due to the at least one optional device, (b) controls a display device to display the option information and the eco-information, and (c) sends, to the external device via the communication device, an order for an optional device selected by a user via the input device out of the at least one optional device indicated by the option information displayed on the display device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120179579 | CONSUMABLE SUPPLY-ORDERING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONSUMABLE SUPPLY-ORDERING METHOD USING THE SAME - a The consumable supply-ordering system for ordering consumable supplies that is used an image forming apparatus that has been purchased or leased, includes: an environmental information acquisition portion (communicator) for acquiring product information on consumable supplies used in the image forming apparatus and environmental performance information on the consumable supplies; a display portion having the function of displaying product information on the consumable supplies and environmental performance information on the consumable supplies simultaneously or separately in list representation or thumbnail representation; an information selector (display screen) for selecting information displayed on the display portion; and a selection result notifier (communicator) for notifying the source of supplies of the selection result selected by the information selector. | 07-12-2012 |
20120182574 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system is provided. In a communication system, when consumables mounted on an image forming apparatus main body are determined as greenhouse gas emission right-granted consumables by a computation unit, an image forming apparatus acquires contribution content information regarding greenhouse gas reduction corresponding to emission right allowance information recorded in a recording unit of the consumables from a connection unit and displays the acquired contribution content information on a display unit. | 07-19-2012 |
20120182576 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION TRADING SYSTEM AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION TRADING METHOD - A control unit displays on the display unit, when a device and a life cycle phase for which an acquisition equivalent and an actual equivalent are desired to be acquired are selected on a selected screen displayed on a display unit and a “SEND” icon is manipulated, the acquisition equivalent, the actual equivalent and a comparison result between them which are received from a server. When a user refers to the comparison result displayed on the display unit and manipulates a “SEND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT” icon on a settlement screen, the control unit sends a statement of account to the server. | 07-19-2012 |
20130028616 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM - A printing control device of the present invention controls a printing device equipped with a consumable supply, and includes a display control section for causing a display section to display a printing setting screen via which printing conditions corresponding to functions of the printing device are set and entered into the printing device. The printing setting screen includes an ordering screen via which an order of the consumable supply equipped for the printing device is entered, and the ordering screen includes remaining-amount-of-consumable-supply information indicative of an index of a remaining amount of the consumable supply. | 01-31-2013 |
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20110026974 | TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A toner stirring section provided in a toner cartridge includes a first rotating body and a second rotating body. The first rotating body is rotated around an axis J | 02-03-2011 |
20110206420 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device and an image forming apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of development hysteresis and moving a developer on a chute without being retained is provided. The developing device provides a chute that guides a two-component developer regulated by a regulating member in the direction separating from a developing roller. The chute is composed of a rectangular thin plate made of non-magnetic austenitic stainless alloy, and a tip part that is one end part in a short side direction thereof is provided so as to face a surface of the developing roller. The tip part is transformed to a processed induced martensitic phase to be made ferromagnetic, and subjected to magnetic field orientation in an area facing the surface of the developing roller so as to form a repulsive magnetic field. | 08-25-2011 |
20120027470 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A developing device | 02-02-2012 |
20120162690 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an operation accepting means for accepting an instruction, and a display controlling means for controlling a display section. The display controlling means controls the display section to display at least environmental information, which has been obtained by the image forming apparatus, at predetermined timing at which no instruction corresponding to a job is accepted by the operation accepting means. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162703 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus including an operation panel has, as a configuration of the operation panel, a display portion including a function to display environmental label information of the image forming apparatus. The environmental label information includes information on a type of greenhouse effect gases (CO | 06-28-2012 |
20120185366 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONSUMABLES ORDERING SYSTEM AND CONSUMABLES ORDERING METHOD - When a device desired to acquire emission right information is selected on a selection screen displayed on a display unit and a “SEND” icon is manipulated, a control unit causes the display unit to display consumables information of consumables granted with emission rights and consumables not granted with emission rights that is received from a server. When a user selects a consumable item that is desired to be ordered from among consumables indicated by the consumables information displayed on the display unit, and manipulates a “SEND ORDER SHEET” icon on the ordering screen, the control unit sends an order sheet to the server. The control unit causes the display unit to display, in the case of receiving order sheet receipt notification from the server in response to the sent order sheet, the received order sheet receipt notification. | 07-19-2012 |
20140294436 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a fixing drive motor is positioned inside the image forming apparatus and closely to the front surface of the image forming apparatus so as to be laterally to toner cartridges and a waste toner box in a direction parallel to an outer surface of a front housing section. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294447 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140301744 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus to which a plurality of process cartridges has a safety switch for detecting opening and closing of a front cover, stroke switches for detecting positions of the process cartridges, a display portion and a speaker for notifying a state of the process cartridge, and a control portion. The control portion has a cartridge information notifying function for, when closing of the front cover is detected by the safety switch and the process cartridge is not detected by the stroke switch, notifying information of the process cartridge. Further, the control portion has a cartridge information notifying function for notifying first notification information for replacing the process cartridge, a cartridge moving function for moving the process cartridge by a moving portion, and a cartridge information notification cancelling function for cancelling notification of the first notification information. | 10-09-2014 |
20150262285 | CONSUMABLE SUPPLY-ORDERING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONSUMABLE SUPPLY-ORDERING METHOD USING THE SAME - The consumable supply-ordering system for ordering consumable supplies that is used an image forming apparatus that has been purchased or leased, includes: an environmental information acquisition portion (communicator) for acquiring product information on consumable supplies used in the image forming apparatus and environmental performance information on the consumable supplies; a display portion having the function of displaying product information on the consumable supplies and environmental performance information on the consumable supplies simultaneously or separately in list representation or thumbnail representation; an information selector (display screen) for selecting information displayed on the display portion; and a selection result notifier (communicator) for notifying the source of supplies of the selection result selected by the information selector. | 09-17-2015 |
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20080258831 | AMPLIFYING APPARATUS - A pulse modulator generates a pulse-modulated signal by pulse-modulating and amplifying the amplitude component of an input signal. A low-pass filter filters the pulse-modulated signal from the pulse modulator, and generates an amplified amplitude signal which is obtained by amplifying the amplitude component. An error corrector generates a corrected amplitude signal by correcting an error of the amplified amplitude signal from the low-pass filter by using the amplitude component of the input signal. A mixing unit generates the output signal by mixing the corrected amplitude signal from the error corrector and the phase component of the input signal. | 10-23-2008 |
20090072901 | POWER AMPLIFIER - A power amplifier of the present invention includes a distributor ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090315620 | POWER AMPLIFIER - A power amplifier based on EER technology or ET technology extracts an amplitude-modulated component from a modulated signal as an input signal which includes the amplitude-modulated component and a phase-modulated component, and decomposes the amplitude-modulated component into two control signals whose product is proportional to the amplitude-modulated component. One of the control signals is amplified by a highly efficient amplifier, and thereafter is used to amplitude-modulate an output from an RF amplifier. The other control signal is converted by a pulse modulator into a rectangular-wave signal, which is then mixed with the phase-modulated component or the modulated signal and input to the RF amplifier. | 12-24-2009 |
20110090008 | POWER AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS AND POWER AMPLIFICATION METHOD - Disclosed is a power amplifier apparatus including: an amplifier amplifying an input modulated signal; a control signal generator receiving an amplitude component of the input modulated signal and generating a control signal; and a power combiner performing ON/OFF control of a switching element based on the control signal to control conduction and non-conduction of a current supplied from a second power supply. In the power combiner, a power of a pulsed form when the current from the second power supply is conductive is transferred in a direction of a first power supply, using a transformer. A difference power obtained by subtracting a constant value from a first power supply voltage when the amplitude of the input modulated signal is smaller than that of a reference signal is supplied from the power combiner to the amplifier, as a power supply thereof (FIG. | 04-21-2011 |
20110163822 | POWER AMPLIFIER - A power amplifier that amplifies an RF modulation signal containing an amplitude modulation component and a phase modulation component, including a polar modulator that outputs an amplitude component signal that is the amplitude modulation component of the RF modulation signal, a direct current power supply that outputs a direct current voltage, a pulse modulator that pulse-modulates the amplitude component signal, a pulse amplification circuit that amplifies a pulse modulation signal, a combining circuit that adds a direct current voltage that is outputted from the direct current power supply to an output signal of the pulse amplification circuit, a low pass filter that smoothens an output signal of the combining circuit, and an RF amplifier that not only amplifies the RF modulation signal, but also amplitude-modulates the amplified signal with an output signal of the low pass filter and outputs the resultant signal. | 07-07-2011 |
20110241775 | POWER AMPLIFYING DEVICES - A radio frequency amplifier amplifies a modulation signal or its phase modulation component and outputs the resultant signal. A linear amplifier adds an output voltage to a power supply voltage supplied to the radio frequency amplifier, amplifies a difference between the output voltage and the amplitude modulation component, and outputs the resultant difference. A control signal generation section detects a direction in which an output current of the linear amplifying section flows and generates a pulse modulation signal according to the direction of the current. A switching amplifying section controls connection and disconnection of a DC current based on the pulse modulation signal as a control signal so as to perform switching amplification for an output signal of the linear amplifying section, add the resultant signal to a predetermined DC voltage, and supply the resultant signal as the power supply voltage to the radio frequency amplifier. The DC current and the predetermined DC voltage are supplied to the switching amplifying section. | 10-06-2011 |
20110254622 | POWER AMPLIFYING DEVICES - A radio frequency amplifier amplifies a modulation signal or its phase modulation signal and outputs the resultant signal. A linear amplifying section adds an output voltage to a power supply voltage supplied to the radio frequency amplifier and negatively feeds back the power supply voltage supplied to the radio frequency amplifier such that the power supply voltage matches the amplitude modulation component of the modulation signal with a predetermined ratio. A control signal generation section detects a direction in which an output current of the linear amplifying section flows and generates a pulse modulation signal according to the direction of the current. A switching amplifying section controls connection and disconnection of a DC current based on the pulse modulation signal as a control signal so as to perform switching amplification for an output signal of the linear amplifying section and supply the resultant signal as the power supply voltage to the radio frequency amplifier. The DC current is supplied to the switching amplifying section. | 10-20-2011 |
20110279180 | POWER AMPLIFIER AND POWER AMPLIFYING METHOD - An aspect of a power amplifier according to the present invention is a power amplifier that amplifies a modulated signal including amplitude modulated components and phase modulated components, the power amplifier including a first voltage source | 11-17-2011 |
20120126893 | POWER AMPLIFIER, POWER AMPLIFICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides a power amplifier ( | 05-24-2012 |
20130016795 | TRANSMISSION DEVICEAANM Kunihiro; KazuakiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Kunihiro; Kazuaki Tokyo JPAANM Hori; ShinichiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Hori; Shinichi Tokyo JPAANM Shiikuma; KazumiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Shiikuma; Kazumi Tokyo JP - A transmission device includes a pulse modulated signal generator that generates a pulse-modulated signal by changing the width of a pulse or the density of a pulse according to the magnitude of the amplitude component of an input signal while discretely changing the pulse height according to the magnitude of the amplitude, a modulated-signal generator that generates a modulated signal by integrating the pulse-modulated signal and the phase component of the input signal, a power amplifier that includes at least as many amplifiers as the number of the discrete amplitude levels of the modulated signal, changes the number of amplifies that amplify the modulated signal on the basis of the value of the amplitude level of the modulated signal, combines outputs of the amplifiers, and outputs a combined output, and an output filter that eliminates a square-wave component from the output of the power amplifier. | 01-17-2013 |
20130057340 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND POWER AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS USING SAME - Provided are a highly efficient, low waveform distortion power supply device and a power amplifying apparatus with high efficiency and high linearity using the device as a power supply. | 03-07-2013 |
20130342185 | POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In order to improve power efficiency, a power supplying apparatus includes a switching amplification unit supplying a first load with most of electric power, and a linear amplification unit correcting an output voltage applied to the first load according to an input signal. Furthermore, an electric current which flows into the linear amplification unit at the time of the correcting is supplied to a second load from a power supply terminal of the linear amplification unit. | 12-26-2013 |
20140218104 | POWER AMPLIFICATION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a power amplification device having high power efficiency for an input signal even in a power region in a large back-off. | 08-07-2014 |
20150263678 | POWER AMPLIFIER AND POWER AMPLIFICATION METHOD - When frequency allocation for a plurality of frequencies is in an intra-band CA relationship, a first amplifier is operated in class B, a second amplifier is operated in class C, and a power modulator is caused to supply a constant voltage to the first and second amplifiers so as to operate as a Doherty-type power amplifier. In addition, when the frequency allocation for the plurality of frequencies is in an inter-band non-contiguous CA relationship, the first and second amplifiers are operated in class B, and the power modulator is caused to supply a voltage proportional to the amplitude component of an input signal to the first and second amplifiers so as to operate as a power amplifier based on an ET system. | 09-17-2015 |
20150263768 | TRANSMITTER - A transmitter includes: multiple digital transmitters which perform delta-sigma modulation on the same baseband signal; a combiner that combines the output signals from the plural digital transmitters and outputs the combined result; a control unit that generates an external signal different for every digital transmitter, to be supplied to each of the digital transmitters; and, an input means that supplies the different external signal for every digital transmitter, to the input terminal or the internal node of a delta-sigma modulator that performs the delta-sigma modulation, the delta-sigma modulator being provided for every digital transmitter. | 09-17-2015 |
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20130015799 | Power ConverterAANM Ayano; HidekiAACI HachiojiAACO JPAAGP Ayano; Hideki Hachioji JPAANM Ishikawa; KatsumiAACI HitachinakaAACO JPAAGP Ishikawa; Katsumi Hitachinaka JPAANM Ogawa; KazutoshiAACI HitachiAACO JPAAGP Ogawa; Kazutoshi Hitachi JPAANM Kominami; TsutomuAACI HitachinakaAACO JPAAGP Kominami; Tsutomu Hitachinaka JPAANM Kunihiro; MamiAACI HitachiAACO JPAAGP Kunihiro; Mami Hitachi JP - The present invention provides a power converter which, while ensuring safety, implements control for the flow of a constant current in a specified switching element, more accurately determines the lifetime of a switching element, and reduces the number of temperature detectors. The power converter is provided with a mechanism which causes a brake device to operate or which confirms that a brake mechanism is operating. The power converter supplies current to the d-axis and the q-axis of a rotational coordinate system, within the range of the braking torque of the brake mechanism, and passes the desired current to the desired element. Furthermore, temperature detectors are attached only in chips in sections where a crack readily develops in the upper solder layer or peeling is readily generated in the wire bonding, and in chips where a crack readily develops in the lower solder layer. An accurate lifetime evaluation of a semiconductor module is therefore possible even with a smaller number of temperature detectors. | 01-17-2013 |
20130119912 | Power Conversion Device and Temperature Rise Calculation Method Thereof - A temperature rise of a semiconductor switching element, which is part of a power conversion device such as an inverter, is estimated by an extremely simple method to assess the degradation and remaining lifetime of the semiconductor switching element. | 05-16-2013 |
20140042611 | POWER CONVERTER - A power converter including: a plurality of semiconductor devices forming a power conversion circuit; a base section to which the plurality of semiconductor devices are attached; and radiating fins dissipating heat generated from the semiconductor devices into outside air, in the power converter in which the direction of the flow of a refrigerant flowing into the radiating fins changes depending on the operation status of the power conversion circuit, the shape of each radiating fin changes in such a way that the cross-sectional area of a channel of the refrigerant on the outflow side becomes smaller than the cross-sectional area of the channel of the refrigerant on the inflow side in the radiating fins depending on the direction of the flow of the refrigerant. | 02-13-2014 |
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20110068608 | DRIVING POSITION ADJUSTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A driving position adjusting apparatus for a vehicle comprises a driver's seat provided on a floor panel of a vehicle compartment, an operational pedal, such as an accelerator pedal, which is operated by a driver seated in the driver's seat, an incline-face portion which is provided on the floor panel, on which a heel of the driver operating the operational pedal is placed, the incline-face portion having an upper face which is inclined so that a front portion thereof is located at a higher position than a rear portion thereof, and a heel-placement height adjusting device which adjusts a height position of the driver's heel placed on the incline-face portion at least by moving up or down the incline-face portion. | 03-24-2011 |
20110233967 | FLOOR PANEL STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - In a vehicle in which a driver's seat is provided on a floor panel and an operational pedal, such as a brake pedal, is provided in front of the driver's seat, a slant floor portion is provided in an area of the floor panel where a heel of a driver pressing the operational pedal is placed. This slant floor portion slants with a specified slant degree in such a manner that its front portion is positioned at a higher level than its rear portion. An interference avoidance portion which is comprised of a horizontal face portion is provided in front of the slant floor portion. This interference avoidance portion has a slant degree which is smaller than the specified slant degree of the slant floor portion so as to avoid interference with the heel of the driver's foot. | 09-29-2011 |
20120234128 | LOWER STRUCTURE OF DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PEDAL SLANT ANGLES - A pressing face of an acceleration pedal, which is formed to slant such that a front portion thereof is positioned at a higher level than a rear portion thereof, is located in front of a pressing face of a brake pedal, which is formed to slant such that a front portion thereof is positioned at a higher level than a rear portion thereof. A slant angle of the pressing face of the acceleration pedal relative to a horizontal face is different from a slant angle of the pressing face of the brake pedal relative to the horizontal face in a side view. Accordingly, a lower structure of a driver's compartment which can improve the operation of the acceleration and brake pedals can be provided. | 09-20-2012 |
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20100002245 | PRINTING APPARATUS - This invention is directed to a printing apparatus capable of simplifying the apparatus arrangement by using a common processing unit to execute different processes. To achieve this, a common processing unit is adopted to execute the first processing to perform multi-value/binary conversion of multi-valued data and the second processing to perform resolution conversion and thinning processing of binary data. In accordance with an instruction input from a user, it is controlled to execute either the first or second processing. An image is printed on a printing medium based on data obtained by executing the common processing unit. | 01-07-2010 |
20100033525 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - In an ink jet printing apparatus including a plurality of nozzle arrays, if a print position displacement between the nozzle arrays is adjusted, it is possible to perform high-speed printing at the time of performing a printing operation using only a single nozzle array. Specially at the time of changing a printing state of using a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array into a printing state of using the first nozzle array only, a conveying amount of the printing medium is changed in accordance with the displacement of the printing medium. | 02-11-2010 |
20140078523 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CORRECTING PRINT POSITION - An apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a controller. The acquisition unit is configured to, in a case of a recording medium having different thicknesses along a direction crossing a feeding direction in which the recording medium is fed by a feeding unit, acquire correction information that is set on the basis of an orientation of the recording medium in a case where the recording medium is fed by the feeding unit. The controller is configured to move a print start position of a print unit in the direction crossing the feeding direction on the basis of the correction information acquired by the acquisition unit. | 03-20-2014 |
20150251865 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to feed a printing sheet stacked on a stacking unit, a conveyance roller configured to convey the printing sheet fed by the feeding roller, a printing unit configured to print the printing sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller, a conveyance control unit configured to control conveyance of printing sheets so that the trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and the leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other, and a determination unit configured to determine whether to convey the succeeding sheet to a position facing the printing unit while keeping an overlap state between the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet. | 09-10-2015 |
20150256694 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a first feeding roller, a feeding motor configured to drive the first feeding roller, a second feeding roller, a conveyance roller, a conveyance motor configured to drive the conveyance roller, a printing unit configured to print the printing sheet, a detection sensor configured to detect the leading edge of the printing sheet, and a control unit configured to, when the printing unit performs a printing operation on a preceding sheet, drive the feeding motor in synchronization with the conveyance motor before the detection sensor detects the leading edge of a succeeding sheet, and continuously drive the feeding motor so that the conveying speed of the succeeding sheet by the feeding motor becomes higher than that of the preceding sheet after the detection sensor detects the leading edge of the succeeding sheet. | 09-10-2015 |
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20140177316 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM WITH RESET VERIFICATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a non-volatile memory system includes: providing a resistive storage element having a high resistance state and a low resistance state; coupling an analog multiplexer to the resistive storage element for applying a bias voltage; and switching between a verification bias and a read bias through the analog multiplexer for increasing a read margin between the high resistance state and the low resistance state. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177317 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM WITH POWER REDUCTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a non-volatile memory system including: providing a resistive storage element having a transformation layer; activating a write driver, coupled to the resistive storage element, for applying a bias voltage to the transformation layer; monitoring a resistance of the resistive storage element by a sense amplifier; and detecting a conductive thread, formed in the transformation layer, by the sense amplifier for reducing a level of the bias voltage. | 06-26-2014 |
20140268975 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM WITH NON-VOLATILE MEMORY STRESS SUPPRESSION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - An integrated circuit system, and a method of manufacture thereof, including: an integrated circuit die; a non-volatile memory cell in the integrated circuit die and having a bit line for reading a data condition state of the non-volatile memory cell; and a voltage clamp in the integrated circuit die, the voltage clamp having a semiconductor switch connected to the bit line for reducing voltage excursions on the bit line. | 09-18-2014 |
20150294719 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM WITH RESET VERIFICATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a non-volatile memory system includes: providing a resistive storage element having a high resistance state and a low resistance state; coupling an analog multiplexer to the resistive storage element for applying a bias voltage; and switching between a verification bias and a read bias through the analog multiplexer for increasing a read margin between the high resistance state and the low resistance state. | 10-15-2015 |
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20110234828 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a recording apparatus including: a movement cycle determining section which receives moving image data including image contents of an object which performs a movement in which a movement state and a non-movement state are alternately and periodically repeated, and determines an operating period which corresponds to the movement state and a static period which corresponds to the non-movement state; and a recording control section which records the number of frame image data, per unit time, for forming the moving image data in the static period to be smaller than in the operating period, when the moving image data is recorded. | 09-29-2011 |
20120093373 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a motion detection unit detecting a motion of a subject to be evaluated by using an image of the subject to be evaluated; a correlation calculation unit calculating a temporal change correlation between motion amounts of a plurality of portions of the subject to be evaluated, by using a motion vector indicating the motion of the subject to be evaluated, which is detected by the motion detection unit; and an evaluation value calculation unit calculating an evaluation value to evaluate cooperativity of the motion of the subject to be evaluated, by using the correlation calculated by the correlation calculation unit. | 04-19-2012 |
20120331564 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a behavior information generating unit that generates behavior information, a behavior pattern analyzing unit that analyzes a behavior pattern based on the behavior information, a similarity determining unit that performs a similarity determination of the analyzed behavior pattern and a protection target behavior history pattern, a protection selecting unit that selects a protection level of the behavior information based on a result of the similarity determination, and a behavior information protecting unit that protects the behavior information based on the selected protection level. | 12-27-2012 |
20130038860 | BLOOD ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND BLOOD ANALYSIS METHOD - A blood analysis apparatus includes an analysis section. The analysis section is configured to compare a measurement spectrum obtained regarding red blood cells with a standard spectrum of heme, biliverdin, and bilirubin, and cause the measurement spectrum to belong to any one of the standard spectra. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040337 | BLOOD ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND BLOOD ANALYSIS METHOD - As a result of acquiring visible absorption spectra of red blood cells and analyses of the spectra, inventors of the present disclosure have discovered the fact that echinocytes show a characteristic spectrum pattern having an absorption peak in a wavelength region of 450 to 490 nm between Soret and Q bands. Then, the present disclosure provides a blood analysis apparatus having an analysis section for detecting the absorption peak of a visible absorption spectrum acquired for blood. In accordance with this blood analysis apparatus, on the basis of the absorption peak, it is possible to detect echinocytes contained in blood. | 02-14-2013 |
20130070971 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method capable of generating evaluation index data for performing accurate and detailed evaluation of cultured cardiomyocytes. | 03-21-2013 |
20130321459 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to a display control apparatus and a method, an image processing apparatus and a method, and a program that enable easy and noninvasive observation of an object to be observed. A first display control unit configured to perform display control of a cell image with one or a plurality of images including cells, and a second display control unit configured to perform display control such that a part or all of a motion amount generated for each of subregions with the one or the plurality of images is associated with each of the subregions, and is superimposed on the cell image and is displayed, are provided. The present disclosure can be applied to a display control apparatus or an image processing apparatus. | 12-05-2013 |
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20110279319 | Communication Device, Communication Control Method and Communication System - To enable high-speed learning of an antenna directionality to be used for millimeter-wave communication, there is provided a communication device including a first radio communication unit capable of radio communication in accordance with a first communication method, and a second radio communication unit capable of radio communication in accordance with a second communication method using a higher frequency band than the first communication method, in which, upon receiving an instruction signal instructing to learn a beam directionality, the first radio communication unit determines a reception start time point of a beam reference signal based on the instruction signal, and the second radio communication unit starts reception of the beam reference signal from the reception start time point determined by the first radio communication unit and determines a parameter value for specifying an optimum beam pattern based on the received beam reference signal. | 11-17-2011 |
20110310883 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL - Provided is a communication apparatus including a first communication unit for performing communication using a carrier having a first frequency, a second communication unit having a plurality of antennas, for performing communication using a carrier having a second frequency, a first communication processing unit for processing a signal received by the first communication unit and causing to transmit a signal, and a second communication processing unit for processing a signal received by the second communication unit and causing to transmit a signal. The second communication processing unit includes a synchronization unit for specifying a start position of a second transmission request in which a plurality of transmission beam patterns are set in one packet based on information indicating reception initiation, and an automatic gain control unit for performing automatic gain control based on a first automatic gain control setting value. | 12-22-2011 |
20110316744 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - By effectively utilizing the beam pattern used at the time of the last communication, a directional link can be efficiently established, thereby reducing overhead. When establishing a link, a communication apparatus | 12-29-2011 |
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20140140703 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a communication apparatus including a communication unit having an optical communication scheme and a different communication scheme from the optical communication scheme, a level setting unit configured to set a security level in data communication, and a communication scheme switching unit configured to switch communication schemes of the communication unit in accordance with the security level that is set by the level setting unit. | 05-22-2014 |
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20090111952 | (Meth)acrylate-grafted polyether polyol, and production process and use thereof - A (meth)acrylate-grafted polyether polyol produced by reacting 40 to 95 parts by weight of a polyoxyalkylene polyol and 5 to 60 parts by weight of a vinyl monomer, both relative to 100 parts by weight of the sum total of the polyoxyalkylene polyol and the vinyl monomer, and 0.1 to 5 moles of an alkyl peroxide as a radical initiator per mole of the hydroxyl group in the polyoxyalkylene polyol, wherein the polyoxyalkylene polyol has a hydroxyl number of 25 mg KOH/g or less, and the vinyl monomer contains a (meth)acrylate and/or a hydroxyl-containing (meth)acrylate in an amount of 50% by weight or higher. The (meth)acrylate-grafted polyether polyol is excellent in colorless-transparency, compatibility, mechanical strength, weather resistance, and blending resistance, and therefore is useful as a raw material for a polyurethane resin cured article. | 04-30-2009 |
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20100022717 | A terminal isocyanate group-containing polyamide resin, alkoxysilane-modified polyamide resin, processes for production of the resins, hot-melt adhesive agent, and cured resin product - A terminal isocyanate group-containing polyamide resin can be produced by reacting a terminal carboxyl group-containing oligomer and a polyisocyanate compound at such a ratio that the amount of an isocyanate group exceeds that of a carboxyl group. An alkoxysilane-modified polyamide resin can be produced by reacting the terminal isocyanate group-containing polyamide resin with an alkoxysilane compound containing a secondary amine. | 01-28-2010 |
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20130131208 | POLYOL, POLYOL COMPOSITION, AND FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAM USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a polyol with a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 4 or more, obtained by reacting a compound comprising an alkylene oxide compound (II) having a hydroxyl group in a base polyol (I) with a molecular weight of 2000 or more; and a polyol composition for a flexible polyurethane foam, comprising a polyol compound and a crosslinker, wherein the crosslinker comprises a polyol (a) with a hydroxyl value of 50 to 1100 mgKOH/g and with a primary hydroxylate ratio of 25% or more and 60% or less, which is obtained by an addition of a compound comprising alkylene oxide compound (ii) having a hydroxyl group to active hydrogen compound (i). | 05-23-2013 |
20150080488 | POLYOL, POLYOL COMPOSITION, AND FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAM USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a polyol with a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 4 or more, obtained by reacting a compound comprising an alkylene oxide compound (II) having a hydroxyl group in a base polyol (I) with a molecular weight of 2000 or more; and a polyol composition for a flexible polyurethane foam, comprising a polyol compound and a crosslinker, wherein the crosslinker comprises a polyol (a) with a hydroxyl value of 50 to 1100 mgKOH/g and with a primary hydroxylate ratio of 25% or more and 60% or less, which is obtained by an addition of a compound comprising alkylene oxide compound (ii) having a hydroxyl group to active hydrogen compound (i). | 03-19-2015 |
20150218301 | POLYESTER POLYOL, COMPOSITION FOR POLYURETHANE, COMPOSITION FOR POLYURETHANE FOAM, POLYURETHANE RESIN, AND POLYURETHANE FOAM - The present invention provides a polyester polyol, preferably a plant-derived polyester polyol, suitable for a composition for polyurethane foam that contributes to the reduction of load on the environment and has a good balance of high resilience, moderate hardness, and high durability as a cushioning material for vehicle seat cushions. A polyester polyol having a hydroxyl value in the range of 15 to 100 mgKOH/g according to the present invention is produced by a condensation of raw materials comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of fatty acids having a hydroxy group and fatty acid esters having a hydroxy group with a polyhydric alcohol having an average number of functional groups of more than three but not more than eight. | 08-06-2015 |
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20130226412 | STEERING APPARATUS - A steering apparatus is provided with: a specifying device which is configured to specify an environment of a road on which a vehicle travels, on the basis of a manipulated amount of the steering wheel manipulated by a driver and a change of the manipulated amount in a predetermined period. | 08-29-2013 |
20140012469 | VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A vehicle information processing device mounted on a vehicle includes a future position calculating unit configured to calculate a future position of the vehicle based on steering input information corresponding to a steering input, a vehicle state amount that prescribes a turning state, and a vehicle speed, and an estimating unit configured to estimate a turning curvature of the vehicle at a provisional travel position ahead of a present position based on at least three vehicle positions according to the vehicle including at least the one calculated future position as well as including a vehicle position corresponding to the present position of the vehicle. As a result, a turning curvature of the vehicle at a vehicle position ahead of a present position can be estimated by a simple configuration and further the estimated turning curvature can be preferably used to stabilize vehicle behavior. | 01-09-2014 |
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20150019082 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An apparatus for controlling a vehicle provided with a steering apparatus is provided with: a first target controlled variable setting device for setting a first target controlled variable regarding the steering apparatus for track control which makes a track of the vehicle follow a target track; a controlling device for performing the track control by controlling the steering apparatus on the basis of the set first target controlled variable; a specifying device for specifying magnitude of a steering input and frequency in a period of performing the track control; and a determining device for determining whether or not the steering input is overriding on the basis of the specified magnitude and frequency. | 01-15-2015 |
20150134204 | VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle cruise control device is provided that obtains a target trajectory of a vehicle based on white lines | 05-14-2015 |
20150266501 | STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND STEERING SYSTEM - A steering system includes a steering angle detection unit that detects a steering angle of a steering wheel; a steering torque detection unit that detects a steering torque with respect to the steering wheel; an ECU that calculates a corrected steering angle by nonlinearly correcting the steering angle, a first steering parameter as the product of an angular velocity of the steering angle and the steering torque, a second steering parameter as the product of the corrected steering angle and a time differential value of the steering torque, and a target control amount based on the first steering parameter and the second steering parameter; and a steering support unit that applies a rotation torque to the steering wheel based on the target control amount. | 09-24-2015 |
20150266504 | STEERING INTENTION DETERMINATION DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, STEERING ASSIST DEVICE, AND STEERING ASSIST SYSTEM - A steering intention determination device includes a calculation unit that calculates a value based on the product of a steering angular velocity and a steering torque and the product of a steering angle and the time differential value of the steering torque, and a determination unit that determines that the driver has a turn-and-steer steering intention in a case where the value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, determine that the driver has a steering holding intention in a case where the value is less than the predetermined value and the absolute value of the steering angular velocity is less than a predetermined angular velocity, and determine that the driver has a switchback steering intention in a case where the value is less than the predetermined value and the absolute value of the steering angular velocity is equal to or greater than the predetermined angular velocity. | 09-24-2015 |
20150274201 | DRIVE SUPPORTING DEVICE, OPERATION DETECTING DEVICE, AND CONTROLLER - A drive supporting device includes a supporting device mounted on a vehicle and capable of executing driving support in the vehicle; a steering angle detecting device configured to detect a steering angle of a steering member of the vehicle; a torque detecting device configured to detect a torque acting on a steering shaft portion that rotates with the steering member; and a controller configured to control the supporting device, wherein the controller changes content of the driving support by the supporting device between a case in which a steering power corresponding to a product of a parameter associated with the steering angle detected by the steering angle detecting device and a parameter associated with the torque detected by the torque detecting device is greater than or equal to a reference value set in advance, and a case in which the steering power is smaller than the reference value. | 10-01-2015 |
20150284022 | STEERING CONTROL DEVICE - A steering control device includes a vibration suppression control unit configured to suppress transmission of vibration of a steering system including a steering wheel and a turning wheel, which are mechanically connected to each other, to the steering wheel. The vibration suppression control unit is configured to execute, at a time a braking force is generated on the turning wheel, suppression control of braking time vibration associated with braking operation of the turning wheel based on a value in a predetermined frequency band of a brake fluid pressure of the turning wheel. | 10-08-2015 |
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20120126282 | SEALANT FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTORS AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a sealant for an optical semiconductor device which has high gas barrier property against corrosive gas, and is less likely to crack or is less likely to peel off even when used in harsh environments. | 05-24-2012 |
20120146088 | ENCAPSULANT FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention provides a sealant for an optical semiconductor device which is less likely to reduce its luminance and is also less likely to change its color even used in an energized state in harsh environments of high temperature and high humidity. | 06-14-2012 |
20130221400 | ENCAPSULATING AGENT FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING SAME - Provided is an encapsulant for optical semiconductor devices, which is capable of enhancing the adhesion between a housing and the encapsulant when an optical semiconductor device is encapsulated in the housing, and which is also capable of enhancing the bonding reliability with respect to humidity. The encapsulant for optical semiconductor devices includes: a first organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group bonded to a silicon atom and an aryl group bonded to a silicon atom, but not having a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom; a second organopolysiloxane having a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom and an aryl group bonded to a silicon atom; a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction; and an organic compound having a titanium atom. | 08-29-2013 |
20140175505 | SEALING AGENT FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides an encapsulant for optical semiconductor devices, which is capable of suppressing surface tackiness of a cured product and is also capable of enhancing the heat resistance and thermal cycle characteristics of the cured product. An encapsulant for optical semiconductor devices according to the present invention which includes: a first organopolysiloxane which is represented by formula (1A) or formula (1B) and has an alkenyl group and a methyl group bonded to a silicon atom; a second organopolysiloxane which is represented by formula (51A) or formula (51B) and has a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom and a methyl group bonded to a silicon atom; and a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction, and the content ratios of methyl groups bonded to silicon atoms in the first and second organopolysiloxanes each are 80 mol % or more. | 06-26-2014 |