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20100155867 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device ( | 06-24-2010 |
20120248541 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first conduction-type semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor region of a first conduction-type formed on the semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor region of a second conduction-type formed on a surface of the first semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region of the second conduction-type formed to be separated from the second semiconductor region on the surface of the first semiconductor region, a fourth semiconductor region of the second conduction-type formed to be separated from the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region on the surface of the first semiconductor region, and a first electrode connected to the second semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region. | 10-04-2012 |
20130257547 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND VARIATION INFORMATION OBTAINING PROGRAM - A conventional semiconductor device has a problem that acquisition of variation information of circuit elements constructing the semiconductor device is not easy. According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device has a control circuit which makes an oscillation circuit operate by at least two operation current values, obtains first frequency information related to frequency of an output signal corresponding to a first operation current value and second frequency information related to frequency of an output signal corresponding to a second operation current value, and obtains manufacture variation information of a circuit element on the basis of the difference between the first and second frequency information. | 10-03-2013 |
20140266342 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A high-frequency signal processing device having a frequency synthesizer (PLL: Phase Locked Loop) is provided. A control circuit measures oscillation frequencies obtained upon setting a bias current of an oscillation circuit to first and second bias setting values and acquires a frequency difference amount of the oscillation frequencies. The frequency difference amount may be acquired as difference amount of setting values of a coarse adjustment capacitance setting signal (CTRM) using, for example, an automatic frequency selector unit. The control circuit retains a relationship of a difference amount of bias setting values and a difference value of setting values of the CTRM and approximating the relationship to a linear function. Thereafter, the control circuit defines, upon switching the bias current during locking of the PLL, the CTRM based on the linear function and switches the CTRM together with the bias current. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090080854 | EDITING APPARATUS, EDITING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An editing apparatus that executes editing processing with an encoded stream as an edit material is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an input means for receiving an operation input for designating the edit material used for editing, an editing effect, and start and end timing of the editing effect; an editing processing unit setting means for setting an editing processing unit of the edit material such that the editing effect at least a part of which until the editing effect ends after starting of the editing effect overlaps is included in one editing processing unit; a minimum encoding section setting means for setting a minimum encoding section; and an after-editing stream creating means for creating a part of an after-editing encoded stream by decoding the edit material, giving the editing effect included in the editing processing unit, and performing encoding on the basis of setting of the minimum encoding section. | 03-26-2009 |
20100177173 | Stereoscopic glasses - A pair of stereoscopic glasses includes a pair of left and right stereoscopic rims connected to each other and respectively holding stereoscopic optical components used when observing a stereoscopic image, and a stereoscopic frame that includes stereoscopic temples extending rearward from the stereoscopic rims. The stereoscopic frame is provided with an engagement section that is brought into engagement with a rim or a bridge of a frame of glasses already worn by a user in a state where the stereoscopic optical components are positioned in front of lenses of the glasses so that the stereoscopic optical components are positionally maintained in front of the lenses of the glasses. | 07-15-2010 |
20110242282 | Signal processing device, signal processing method, display device, and program product - A signal processing device includes a synchronization separation unit that separates horizontal and vertical synchronization signals from image signals, a dot counter which counts the number of dots of the image signals, a line counter which counts the number of lines of the image signals, a determination unit which determines the number of pixels in an image display area based on the number of dots and the number of lines, a control unit which controls the timing for shifting and outputting either of the left or the right image signal so that a left or a right image is displayed side by side in a display area in a size where a user can recognize the left or the right image among display areas in a display unit, and a first image signal shift unit which outputs the left or the right image signal to the display unit. | 10-06-2011 |
20120212482 | 3D POINTER GENERATION DEVICE AND 3D POINTER GENERATION METHOD - An apparatus and method for generating a stereoscopic pointer. Position information designates a position of the stereoscopic pointer, including the depth direction of the stereoscopic pointer. Horizontal pointer position signals are generated based on the position information. The horizontal position of the pointer is set in left and right channels to a horizontal position shifted so as to correspond to a parallax of the position of the stereoscopic pointer in the depth direction. The stereoscopic pointer is displayed based on the horizontal pointer position signal. | 08-23-2012 |
20120254626 | STORAGE MEDIA DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A storage media device includes a user-data storage section that is capable of storing encrypted user data; a key-information storage section that is capable of storing key information for decrypting the encrypted user data; a key-information deleting section that performs electrical processing for deleting the key information stored by the key-information storage section; a first switch that is manually operated by a user to issue an instruction for operating the key-information deleting section; a battery that supplies power for operating the key-information deleting section; and a display section that displays that the key-information deletion performed by the key-information deleting section is completed. | 10-04-2012 |
20130242388 | STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES - A pair of stereoscopic glasses includes a pair of left and right stereoscopic rims connected to each other and respectively holding stereoscopic optical components used when observing a stereoscopic image, and a stereoscopic frame that includes stereoscopic temples extending rearward from the stereoscopic rims. The stereoscopic frame is provided with an engagement section that is brought into engagement with a rim or a bridge of a frame of glasses already worn by a user in a state where the stereoscopic optical components are positioned in front of lenses of the glasses so that the stereoscopic optical components are positionally maintained in front of the lenses of the glasses. | 09-19-2013 |
20150268815 | 3D POINTER GENERATION DEVICE AND 3D POINTER GENERATION METHOD - An apparatus and method for generating a stereoscopic pointer. Position information designates a position of the stereoscopic pointer, including the depth direction of the stereoscopic pointer. Horizontal pointer position signals are generated based on the position information. The horizontal position of the pointer is set in left and right channels to a horizontal position shifted so as to correspond to a parallax of the position of the stereoscopic pointer in the depth direction. The stereoscopic pointer is displayed based on the horizontal pointer position signal. | 09-24-2015 |
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20090257797 | Cleaning Unit, Image Forming Apparatus Using the Same, and Cleaner - A cleaning unit includes a cleaner. The cleaner includes: a support member; a toner scraping member; and a toner storing mechanism. The toner storing mechanism includes: a toner catching member provided in a vicinity of a leading end of the toner scraping member so as to catch the toner scraped off; and a swingably supporting mechanism which supports swingably the toner catching member with a middle portion of the toner catching member as a swing fulcrum. A free end portion of the toner catching member protruding from the toner scraping member in the moving direction is a storage moving portion which moves based on an amount of the stored toner, and a portion opposite to the free end portion with respect to the swing fulcrum is a press portion which presses the toner scraping member toward the cleaned member based on a moving amount of the storage moving portion. | 10-15-2009 |
20100202813 | IMAGE FORMING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - There is provided an image forming mechanism including: an image carrier containing a lubricant in a photosensitive layer that is formed on a surface of the image carrier, and on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a developing section developing the electrostatic latent image into a visible image by a developer that contains the lubricant; and a cleaning member formed with a first layer that contacts the photosensitive layer, and a second layer that is formed of a material having a lower modulus of repulsion elasticity than the first layer and that is layered with the first layer and that does not contact the surface of the image carrier. | 08-12-2010 |
20110206430 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND LUBRICANT - A cleaning device includes a scraping member that scrapes foreign materials from a member to be cleaned while being in contact with the member to be cleaned, and a lubricant supply unit that supplies a lubricant upstream of a contact position between the member to be cleaned and the scraping member in a moving direction of the member to be cleaned. The lubricant supply unit supplies a powder of a solid lubricant containing a fatty acid metal salt and a fluorocarbon resin. | 08-25-2011 |
20120093543 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER, METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic latent image developer contains a toner having a volume-average particle diameter of about 2.0 μm to about 6.5 μm, and a carrier whose average magnetization per carrier particle at an applied magnetic field of 1 kilooersted is about 3.0×10 | 04-19-2012 |
20120107739 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an electrostatic latent image developer used in an image forming apparatus including: an image holding member; a charging unit; a latent image forming unit; a developing unit which stores the electrostatic latent image developer and includes a developer holding member, wherein the developing unit develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image holding member by bringing a magnetic brush, which is formed on a surface of the developer holding member by the electrostatic latent image developer, into contact with the image holding member, to form a toner image; a transfer unit; a cleaning unit; and a lubricant applying unit, wherein the electrostatic latent image developer contains a toner having a 50% integrated volume particle diameter of from 3.0 to 6.0 μm, and a carrier having a mean magnetization of 5.0×10 | 05-03-2012 |
20140178100 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic image developer includes a toner containing an external additive having a volume-average particle size of about 80 to 400 nm and an average circularity of about 0.7 to 0.85. The developer is used in an image forming apparatus including an image-carrying member having a top surface layer containing fluorocarbon resin particles, and a developer-carrying member that faces the image-carrying member and carries an electrostatic image developer, in which a value obtained by dividing the amount of developer on the developer-carrying member [g/m | 06-26-2014 |
20150072112 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a toner image holding member, a transfer unit, and a supply unit. The toner image holding member holds a toner image. The transfer unit transfers the toner image held by the toner image holding member to a recording medium. The supply unit supplies powder such that the powder is interposed between an end portion of the recording medium and the toner image holding member and/or the transfer unit if the recording medium includes an intermediate adhesive layer. | 03-12-2015 |
20150370194 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, APPLYING DEVICE, AGENT, AND TRANSPORT DEVICE - Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, and an applying unit that causes powder included in a liquid mixture to be interposed between the recording medium and the image forming unit by applying the liquid mixture to the recording medium, or to the image forming unit which comes into contact with the recording medium, wherein the recording medium includes an image forming layer, an adhesive layer, and a base layer, and the liquid mixture includes the powder reducing adhesion of the adhesive layer and volatile liquid. | 12-24-2015 |
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20080280804 | METHOD OF LAUNDERING CLOTHING AND DETERGENT COMPOSITION FOR THE SAME - Washing is carried out using a detergent composition having main detergency obtained through an alkaline inorganic salt and further including at least an anti-soil redeposition agent. There is provided a clothes washing method, and a detergent composition for the same, that uses a detergent having detergency equivalent to or greater than that of synthetic detergents containing a surface active agent as the main detergency ingredient and also has excellent anti-soil redeposition efficiency wherein main detergency is obtained by an alkaline inorganic salt. | 11-13-2008 |
20100041538 | FUSED SILICA GLASS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Fused silica glass having an internal transmittance of UV with 245 nm wavelength, being at least 95% at 10 mm thickness, a OH content of not larger than 5 ppm, and a content of Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca and Cu each being smaller than 0.1 ppm. Preferably the glass has a viscosity coefficient at 1215° C. of at least 10 | 02-18-2010 |
20110111048 | PRODUCING METHOD FOR LIVING ORGANISM-APPLICABLE HYDROGEN-CONTAINED FLUID AND PRODUCING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A producing method for a living organism-applicable hydrogen-contained fluid, which includes hydrogen molecules in living organism-applicable fluid enclosed in a container ( | 05-12-2011 |
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20090145841 | Perforated Member - The present invention provides a perforated component having the excellent hygienic property and washable structure suitable for a filter element and a jet nozzle used particularly in food processing by employing the single material such as metal, ceramic or the like. The perforated component attains the following advantages: steps for manufacturing the perforated component can be decreases; positions where foreign particles accumulate are diminished; additional reinforcements are not required; since no welding steps are included, strains, cracks and the like hardly caused by manufacturing steps. As a result the perforated component of high precision and high quality is obtained. The perforated component is formed in the following manner. Grooves | 06-11-2009 |
20110072232 | DISK DRIVE INCLUDING A HOST INTERFACE SUPPORTING DIFFERENT SIZES OF DATA SECTORS AND METHOD FOR WRITING DATA THERETO - A method for writing data to a disk drive. The method includes: receiving a write command; and, determining whether a beginning and an end of a rewrite area specified by the write command agree with boundaries of large-sized data sectors on a disk. The method also includes: reading head and tail data sectors and making a backup of the head and tail data sectors in first and second non-volatile memory areas, respectively, if the beginning of the rewrite area does not agree with the boundaries. The method includes starting a rewrite of the rewrite area after completing backups into first and second non-volatile memory areas. Moreover, the method includes: determining a state stage by using data in first, second, third and fourth non-volatile memory areas if a power shut-down occurs during execution of the write command; and, executing a recovery process in accordance with the determined state stage. | 03-24-2011 |
20120193641 | NORMALLY-OFF POWER JFET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In general, in a semiconductor active element such as a normally-off JFET based on SiC in which an impurity diffusion speed is significantly lower than in silicon, gate regions are formed through ion implantation into the side walls of trenches formed in source regions. However, to ensure the performance of the JFET, it is necessary to control the area between the gate regions thereof with high precision. Besides, there is such a problem that, since a heavily doped PN junction is formed by forming the gate regions in the source regions, an increase in junction current cannot be avoided. The present invention provides a normally-off power JFET and a manufacturing method thereof and forms the gate regions according to a multi-epitaxial method which repeats a process including epitaxial growth, ion implantation, and activation annealing a plurality of times. | 08-02-2012 |
20120193702 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a SiC-based MISFET and a manufacturing process thereof, after the introduction of an impurity, extremely-high-temperature activation annealing is required. Accordingly, it is difficult to frequently use a self-alignment process as performed in a silicon-based MISFET manufacturing process. This results in the problem that, to control the characteristics of a device, a high-accuracy alignment technique is indispensable. In accordance with the present invention, in a semiconductor device such as a SiC-based vertical power MISFET using a silicon-carbide-based semiconductor substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a channel region, a source region, and a gate structure are formed in mutually self-aligned relation. | 08-02-2012 |
20130193536 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE HAVING A MEMS ELEMENT - In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device having an MEMS element over a single semiconductor chip, the movable part of the MEMS element is fixed before the formation of a rewiring. After formation of the rewiring, the wafer is diced. Then, the movable part of the MEMS element is released by etching the wafer. | 08-01-2013 |
20130334542 | NORMALLY-OFF POWER JFET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In general, in a semiconductor active element such as a normally-off JFET based on SiC in which an impurity diffusion speed is significantly lower than in silicon, gate regions are formed through ion implantation into the side walls of trenches formed in source regions. However, to ensure the performance of the JFET, it is necessary to control the area between the gate regions thereof with high precision. Besides, there is such a problem that, since a heavily doped PN junction is formed by forming the gate regions in the source regions, an increase in junction current cannot be avoided. The present invention provides a normally-off power JFET and a manufacturing method thereof and forms the gate regions according to a multi-epitaxial method which repeats a process including epitaxial growth, ion implantation, and activation annealing a plurality of times. | 12-19-2013 |
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20140339659 | Method of Manufacturing A Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Device Having A MEMS Element - In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device having an MEMS element over a single semiconductor chip, the movable part of the MEMS element is fixed before the formation of a rewiring. After formation of the rewiring, the wafer is diced. Then, the movable part of the MEMS element is released by etching the wafer. | 11-20-2014 |
20140346528 | VERTICAL-CHANNEL TYPE JUNCTION SIC POWER FET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - In order to secure the performance of a SiC-based JFET having an impurity diffusion rate lower than silicon-based one, a gate depth is secured while precisely controlling a distance between gate regions, instead of forming gate regions by ion implantation into the side wall of a trench. This means that a channel region defined by a gate distance and a gate depth should have a high aspect ratio. Further, due to limitations of process, a gate region is formed within a source region. Formation of a highly doped PN junction between source and gate regions causes various problems such as inevitable increase in junction current. In addition, a markedly high energy ion implantation becomes necessary for the formation of a termination structure. In the invention, provided is a vertical channel type SiC power JFET having a floating gate region below and separated from a source region and between gate regions. | 11-27-2014 |
20150035015 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a semiconductor device having a vertical JFET excellent in off-state performance without reducing a production yield. A gate region quadrangular in the cross-section along a channel width direction is formed below a source region by impurity ion implantation. By first etching, the source region over the upper surface of the gate region is removed to separate therebetween. Then, the upper surface of the gate region is processed by second etching having an etching rate lower at the side surface than at the center of the gate region. The resulting gate region has a lower surface parallel to the substrate surface and an upper surface below a boundary between the source region and the channel formation region and having, in the cross-section along the channel width direction, a downward slope from the side surface to the center. As a result, a channel length with reduced variations can be obtained. | 02-05-2015 |
20150060887 | NORMALLY-OFF POWER JFET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In general, in a semiconductor active element such as a normally-off JFET based on SiC in which an impurity diffusion speed is significantly lower than in silicon, gate regions are formed through ion implantation into the side walls of trenches formed in source regions. However, to ensure the performance of the JFET, it is necessary to control the area between the gate regions thereof with high precision. Besides, there is such a problem that, since a heavily doped PN junction is formed by forming the gate regions in the source regions, an increase in junction current cannot be avoided. The present invention provides a normally-off power JFET and a manufacturing method thereof and forms the gate regions according to a multi-epitaxial method which repeats a process including epitaxial growth, ion implantation, and activation annealing a plurality of times. | 03-05-2015 |
20150236089 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A manufacturing method of a junction field effect transistor includes the steps of: (a) forming an n | 08-20-2015 |
20150380541 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention makes it possible to improve the accuracy of wet etching and miniaturize a semiconductor device in the case of specifying an active region of a vertical type power MOSFET formed over an SiC substrate by opening an insulating film over the substrate by the wet etching. After a silicon oxide film having a small film thickness and a polysilicon film having a film thickness larger than the silicon oxide film are formed in sequence over an epitaxial layer, the polysilicon film is opened by a dry etching method, successively the silicon oxide film is opened by a wet etching method, and thereby the upper surface of the epitaxial layer in an active region is exposed. | 12-31-2015 |
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20110091163 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - A connector comprises a housing, a lever and a lock portion. The housing receives terminals. The lever, rotatably attached to the housing, is configured to be rotatable between a first position, where an initial stage of fitting to a counterpart connector is established, and a second position, where the fitting thereof is completed. The lock portion, capable of locking the lever at the second position, is slidably attached to a body portion of the lever, and configured to be slid between a lock position and a lock release position. The lever is provided with a positioning latch-portion configured to latch the lock portion. The positioning latch-portion is provided with a concave latch-portion and a convex latch-portion configured to be elastically displaced to be engaged in or disengaged from the concave latch-portion. | 04-21-2011 |
20110129188 | CONNECTOR - An electric connector comprises a conductive terminal and a housing. The conductive terminal is provided with a terminal body portion, a soldering portion, to which an end portion of an electric wire is soldered, and a connection portion connected to a counterpart terminal. The housing is provided with a terminal receipt-hole, in which at least a portion of the terminal body portion is received, and a soldering portion accommodation-groove, in which at least a portion of the soldering portion is accommodated. The soldering portion accommodation-groove is provided with inner side walls, that extend along lateral ends of a soldering surface of the soldering portion, and a concave portion, which is formed in the inner side walls so that a portion of solder that is used for soldering of the end portion of the electric wire is able to come into the concave portion. | 06-02-2011 |
20120114283 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector is disclosed. The optical connector includes a cable having formed therein an optical waveguide, a plug having the cable connected thereto, and a connector housing configured to mount thereon the plug. The cable is provided with a cable-side guide portion. The plug is provided with a plug housing which has a plug-side guide portion and is attached to the cable. Either one of the cable-side guide portion and the plug-side guide portion is configured as a protrusive convex portion, and the other guide portion is configured as a concave portion so that the convex portion is press-fitted into the concave portion, thereby achieving a positioning of the cable and the plug housing. | 05-10-2012 |
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20140077793 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT FEEDER CAPABLE OF MEASURING ELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MEASURING ELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element feeder for feeding a piezoelectric element, includes a drawing unit that draws a first electrode surface of the piezoelectric element with use of negative pressure and transfers the piezoelectric element onto the actuator attaching part and a probe movably supported with the drawing unit and used to measure electric characteristics of the piezoelectric element. A front end of the probe is brought into contact with the first electrode surface when or just before the drawing unit draws the first electrode surface, to enable a measurement of the electric characteristics of the piezoelectric element. | 03-20-2014 |
20140104728 | HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING ACTUATOR IN WHICH PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT IS BONDED WITH BONDING TAPE, ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF ATTACHING PIEZOLECTRIC ELEMENT WITH BONDING TAPE - A head suspension includes a base to be attached to a carriage, a load beam having a rigid part and a resilient part that connects the rigid part to the base, the load beam applying load onto a read/write head, a flexure attached to the load beam and supporting the head, an actuator attaching part located between the base and the head, and a piezoelectric element being deformable in response to a voltage applied thereto to move the head in a sway direction relative to the base. For the head suspension, it bonds the piezoelectric element with a bonding tape to the actuator attaching part and applies an adhesive to fix the piezoelectric element to the actuator attaching part. | 04-17-2014 |
20140290842 | HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING ACTUATOR IN WHICH PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT IS BONDED WITH BONDING TAPE, ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF ATTACHING PIEZOLECTRIC ELEMENT WITH BONDING TAPE - A head suspension includes a base to be attached to a carriage, a load beam having a rigid part and a resilient part that connects the rigid part to the base, the load beam applying load onto a read/write head, a flexure attached to the load beam and supporting the head, an actuator attaching part located between the base and the head, and a piezoelectric element being deformable in response to a voltage applied thereto to move the head in a sway direction relative to the base. For the head suspension, it bonds the piezoelectric element with a bonding tape to the actuator attaching part and applies an adhesive to fix the piezoelectric element to the actuator attaching part. | 10-02-2014 |
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20100110588 | Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Medium - According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a soft magnetic underlayer having an amorphous structure or a microcrystalline structure, a first seed layer comprised of a magnetic material having an fcc crystal structure including a CoFe alloy formed on a substrate side, and a second seed layer formed on the first seed layer, the second seed layer comprised of a nonmagnetic material having an fcc crystal structure including a NiW alloy. The medium also includes an intermediate layer comprised of Ru or an alloy thereof, a magnetic recording layer, and a protective layer, wherein the layers are sequentially stacked on a substrate in the foregoing order and the protective layer is closer to the substrate than the soft magnetic underlayer. Other embodiments of magnetic recording media, and methods of fabrication, are also described. | 05-06-2010 |
20110032638 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Embodiments of the invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium improved for fly ability, high in read signal quality, and capable of suppressing magnetic decay of recorded magnetization to be caused by stray fields. In one embodiment, a perpendicular recording layer is formed over a substrate with a soft magnetic underlayer therebetween, then an amorphous or nano-crystalline layer is formed between the substrate and the soft magnetic underlayer. The soft magnetic underlayer includes first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers, as well as a nonmagnetic layer formed between those first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers. The first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers are given uniaxial anisotropy in the radial direction of the substrate respectively and coupled with each other antiferromagnetically. | 02-10-2011 |
20110151144 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Embodiments of the invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium improved for fly ability, high in read signal quality, and capable of suppressing magnetic decay of recorded magnetization to be caused by stray fields. In one embodiment, a perpendicular recording layer is formed over a substrate with a soft magnetic underlayer therebetween, then an amorphous or nano-crystalline layer is formed between the substrate and the soft magnetic underlayer. The soft magnetic underlayer includes first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers, as well as a nonmagnetic layer formed between those first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers. The first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers are given uniaxial anisotropy in the radial direction of the substrate respectively and coupled with each other antiferromagnetically. | 06-23-2011 |
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20080310748 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processor has: a unit that executes a conversion process on input image data represented by pixels of M grayscales (M≧3), to convert the input data into output image data represented by sub-pixels of two grayscales; and a unit that outputs the output data, wherein the conversion process includes: a process to determine a filling pattern of sub-pixels corresponding to a pixel of interest of the input data according to a corrected grayscale value obtained by adding a correction value to a grayscale value of the pixel of interest; and the pattern includes a core pattern which forms a core of a dot and a growth pattern which grows a dot, the correction value includes a diffused error, and at least a part of the diffused error obtained by weighting an error of a pixel determined as the core pattern is not included in the correction value. | 12-18-2008 |
20090059302 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processor includes: a gradation value acquisition unit that acquires a gradation value of a pixel of interest which is a pixel sequentially selected as a target of a binarization process from input image data represented by pixels of M gradations, wherein M≧3; and a pattern determination unit that determines a filling pattern of a group of pixels of output image data corresponding to the pixel of interest according to a corrected gradation value acquired by adding, to the gradation value of the pixel of interest, an error value diffused from a pixel at a periphery of the pixel of interest, wherein the filling pattern includes at least a first pattern in which a predetermined plurality of pixels are filled and which forms a core of a dot and a third pattern in which substantially no pixel is filled and the pattern determination unit determines the filling pattern to be one of the first pattern and the third pattern according to a size relationship between the corrected gradation value and a predetermined threshold value which spatially varies in a periodic manner. | 03-05-2009 |
20100080454 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing apparatus includes a screen processing unit that performs, on a color component basis, screen processing for a color signal having basic color components and at least one spot color component. The screen processing unit performs FM screen processing for one of the basic color components of the color signal and performs AM screen processing for the color components, other than the one of the basic color components, of the color signal with four types of screen angles. | 04-01-2010 |
20110058224 | COLOR PROCESSOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COLOR PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A color processor includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first and second multi-valued color signals respectively indicating in a multi-valued manner quantities of first and second color materials used for reproducing color with a specific hue, the second color material having a different density from the first color material; a generation unit that generates first and second binary color signals by performing dither processing, respectively with first and second dither matrices, for the first and second multi-valued color signals acquired by the acquisition unit, the second dither matrix having the same angle and the same number of lines as the first dither matrix and being used for forming halftone dots at positions different from positions of halftone dots formed by use of the first dither matrix; and an output unit that outputs to a print mechanism the first and second binary color signals generated by the generation unit. | 03-10-2011 |
20110063629 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a reception unit that receives an image in gray-level representation with respect to a pixel; a determination unit that determines a deviation direction of a pixel value of the pixel in the image received by the reception unit; and a processing unit that performs processing on the image received by the reception unit based on the deviation direction determined by the determination unit. | 03-17-2011 |
20130021624 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an edge-portion detector, an edge-width detector, and a tone correction unit. The edge-portion detector detects a pixel of an edge portion by determining whether or not each of pixels constituting image data which has been input is a pixel which is included in the edge portion. The edge-width detector detects, for the pixel of the edge portion detected by the edge-portion detector, an edge width which is a width of the edge portion. When the edge width detected by the edge-width detector is smaller than a value which is set in advance, the tone correction unit performs tone correction differently in accordance with the detected edge width. | 01-24-2013 |
20140055819 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes memory that stores first pixel values in association with second pixel values for respective droplets which have been classified into multiple types according to size, one or more converters that convert pixel values in a received image, which correspond to the first pixel values, into second pixel values to generate an image for each of the respective droplet types, on the basis of the correspondences between the first pixel values and the second pixel values stored in the memory, a screening unit that screens the images for the respective droplet types converted by the one or more converters, and a compositing unit that composites the images for the respective droplet types screened by the screening unit. | 02-27-2014 |
20150262045 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a first detection unit, a first determination unit, a second detection unit, a second determination unit, a correction unit, and a transmitting unit. The acquisition unit acquires image information having multiple pixels. The first detection unit detects sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels in accordance with the image information. The first determination unit determines whether or not a development-related defect occurs in a preset number of pixels downstream of the sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels in the sub-scanning direction. The second detection unit detects an end pixel in the main scanning direction. The second determination unit determines whether or not each of sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels arranged in the main scanning direction is close to the end pixel in the main scanning direction. The correction unit corrects the image information. The transmitting unit transmits the image information corrected by the correction unit to an image forming apparatus. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264190 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing apparatus including an acquisition unit that acquires first image information which is image information configured of plural pixels and which includes density information for each pixel, a first correction unit that corrects pixel density based on the first image information, a storage unit that stores image information obtained after the first correction unit performs the correction as second image information, a second correction unit that performs a reverse correction so as to cancel the correction by the first correction unit based on density of a pixel of the second image information, a display unit that displays an image on a display section based on third image information which is image information obtained after the second correction unit performs the reverse correction, and a transmission unit that transmits the second image information to an image forming apparatus. | 09-17-2015 |
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20110242099 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a reproduction control unit inputting single viewpoint images and multi viewpoint images and generating output data to be output to a display unit. In a case where the display unit performs display in a multi viewpoint image display mode, the reproduction control unit generates and outputs the output data in which each viewpoint image forming the multi viewpoint image is developed at a development position of each viewpoint image defined according to a multi viewpoint image transmission format when outputting the multi viewpoint images. The reproduction control unit generates and outputs the output data in which the same single viewpoint image is developed at the development position of each viewpoint image defined according to the multi viewpoint image transmission format when outputting the single viewpoint images. | 10-06-2011 |
20120120187 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that controls a display to display information indicating a position of the subject in a graphic representation corresponding to a panoramic image based on an orientation of a device capturing image data for generating the panoramic image. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120188 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that generates a panoramic image based on captured image data so that the subject is positioned in a reference position in the panoramic image. | 05-17-2012 |
20120320121 | INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink set is provided in which an image with suppressed roughness may be formed. The ink set includes an ink composition containing resin particles and a pigment, and a process liquid containing an organic acidic compound including a compound represented by General Formula (I). | 12-20-2012 |
20120320123 | INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides an ink set having at least: an ink composition comprising a pigment; and a treatment liquid containing at leas an organic acidic compound and a polymer compound comprising a structural unit represented by the following Formula (A). In Formula (A), R | 12-20-2012 |
20140285617 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that generates a panoramic image based on captured image data so that the subject is positioned in a reference position in the panoramic image. | 09-25-2014 |
20140327732 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that generates a panoramic image based on captured image data so that the subject is positioned in a reference position in the panoramic image. | 11-06-2014 |
20140327734 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that generates a panoramic image based on captured image data so that the subject is positioned in a reference position in the panoramic image. | 11-06-2014 |
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20120067253 | Pallet apparatus - A pallet apparatus includes a pallet base including a caster unit and a mounting plate for mounting a product having a first fastening unit; a fixing member disposed between the product and the mounting plate of the pallet base; and a second fastening unit fixing the fixing member onto the mounting plate. The product can be fixed to or released from the fixing member by fastening or unfastening the first fastening unit. The fixing member includes a slit at a position corresponding to the first fastening unit, the slit allowing the fixing member to be inserted between or detached from the product and the mounting plate without contacting the first fastening unit. | 03-22-2012 |
20120234714 | PACKAGING CONTAINER AND HOLDER USED THEREIN - An article holder for holding a cylindrical article in a packaging container includes an upper face, a lower face, an inner face on a center side in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical article, and an outer face on an outer side in the longitudinal direction, and at least one first article receiver formed in the upper face of the article holder to support a lower side of the end portion of the cylindrical article. The first article receiver includes a first recess semilunar in vertical cross section, forming, a semilunar opening in the inner face of the article holder as well as a rectangular opening continuous with the semilunar opening in the upper face of the article holder, and a first arc-shaped projection projecting from an inner circumferential surface of the first recess, having a radius smaller than a radius of the first recess. | 09-20-2012 |
20140071275 | OVERTURN DETECTION DEVICE, OVERTURN DETECTION SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An overturn detection device includes a housing including four or more display windows, a back-forth direction detector installed on a first position of the housing and displaying a position of a first detection member in a first display part, and a left-right direction detector installed on a second position of the housing and displaying a position of a second detection member in a second display part. Further, the installation positions of the back-forth direction detector and the left-right direction detector in the first and the second positions are not externally and visually recognizable, and at least a part of the first and the second display parts are displayed through the four or more display windows as pattern data. | 03-13-2014 |
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20090020907 | TENTER CLIP AND SOLUTION CASTING METHOD - A dope is prepared from TAC, solvent and the like. The dope is cast from a casting die ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090085236 | FILM STRETCHING METHOD AND SOLUTION CASTING METHOD - A TAC film has a thickness profile in which its thickness decreases from side edge portions toward a center portion. The TAC film has a retardation profile in which its in-plane retardation Re decreases from the side edge portions toward the center portion. The retardation profile is caused by the thickness profile. In a tenter section, the TAC film is stretched in a width direction while the side edge portions are being held. A difference of increase in the in-plane retardation Re of the film in the width direction after the stretching is compensated by a difference of the in-plane retardation Re of the film in the width direction before the stretching. | 04-02-2009 |
20090085245 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILM - In a first tenter, a wet film is stretched at an average atmospheric temperature of not less than 70° C. and not more than 115° C. until its residual solvent content is reduced to 25 wt. %. Thus, an intermediate film is produced. Then, in the first tenter, the intermediate film is dried at an average atmospheric temperature of not less than 40° C. and not more than 90° C. so as to reduce the residual solvent content to 10 wt. % or more and less than 25 wt. %. Thereafter, the intermediate film is conveyed to a second tenter. In the second tenter, the intermediate film having the residual solvent content of at most 10 wt. % is stretched at an atmospheric temperature set at not less than 160° C. and not more than 195° C. Thus, a film having a low Rth/Re, a high Re, and a low haze is produced. | 04-02-2009 |
20090085246 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILM - Dope is cast onto a moving casting drum to form a casting film. After being cooled to be solidified, the casting film is peeled as a wet film from the casting drum. A residual amount of solvent in the casting film at the time of peeling it from the casting drum is denoted by W. In a first tenter, while being dried, the wet film is stretched in its width direction to form an intermediate film. Before the residual amount of solvent in the wet film reaches (W-100) wt %, the wet film is widened in its width direction such that the increased width is not less than 105% and not more than 130% of the width before the width increasing. The intermediate film is stretched and widened in its width direction in the second tenter such that the increased width is not less than 110% and not more than 160% of the width before the width increasing. Thus, it is possible to produce a film having optical properties in which Re is high and a value of Rth/Re is decreased in comparison with conventional films. | 04-02-2009 |
20090085249 | FILM STRETCHING METHOD, FILM STRETCHING DEVICE AND SOLUTION CASTING METHOD - In a first zone of a tenter section, damp air is applied to side edge portions of a TAC film, thereby providing the TAC film with a water content profile in which water content decreases from the side edge portions toward a center portion. This water content profile causes the TAC film to have a birefringence profile in which a birefringence decreases from the side edge portions toward the center portion. The TAC film is stretched in a width direction while the side edge portions are being held with clips. Due to a low flexibility at the side edge portions during the stretching process, the birefringence of the TAC film increases such that an increase in the birefringence becomes larger from the side edge portions toward the center portion. A difference of the birefringence in the width direction before the stretching process compensates a difference of the increase in the birefringence in the width direction after the stretching process. The water content of the TAC film is then evaporated. | 04-02-2009 |
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20080221560 | Intravascular Diagnostic or Therapeutic Apparatus Using High-Intensity Pulsed Light - An intravascular diagnostic or therapeutic apparatus capable of removing blood in an intravascular lumen to be observed using a minimally invasive method is provided. The apparatus includes high-intensity pulsed light generating means and high-intensity pulsed light transmitting means for transmitting high-intensity pulsed light, capable of irradiating the interior of a blood vessel with high-intensity pulsed light, producing water-vapor bubbles and temporarily removing the blood in the blood vessel. | 09-11-2008 |
20100022998 | ABNORMAL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION BLOCKING APPARATUS USING PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY (PDT) - There are provided an apparatus and a method for blocking abnormal conduction in the cardiac muscle using a photodynamic therapy or for treating arrhythmia. There is provided a catheter ablation apparatus for the treatment of arrhythmia using a photodynamic therapy, comprising a catheter leading a photoradiation unit to an abnormal electrical conduction site or a hyperexcitability occurring site in the cardiac muscle of a test subject in which a photosensitizer is present by administering the photosensitizer beforehand and which causes arrhythmia, means for generating a light ray with which the abnormal electrical conduction site or the hyperexcitability occurring site is irradiated, and means for transmitting the light ray to the abnormal electrical conduction site or the hyperexcitability occurring site, wherein the photosensitizer used is a water-soluble chlorine-based photosensitizer and the light ray used is a light ray having an excitation wavelength equal to that of the photosensitizer. | 01-28-2010 |
20110040357 | COILED LIGHT DIFFUSER FOR IRRADIATION OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE WITH LIGHT BEAM AND LIGHT-DIFFUSING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - According to the present invention, a light diffuser capable of efficiently and uniformly irradiating a wide area of a biological tissue with a light beam such as a laser light beam, which can be readily produced at low cost, and a light-diffusing device comprising the same are provided. | 02-17-2011 |
20120164210 | PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPEUTIC AGENT HAVING CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVE ACCUMULATION PROPERTIES - The present invention relates to a cancer-cell-specific polymer compound containing a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy and having a surface to which an antibody against a cancer-cell-specific antigen binds. An object of the present invention is to provide a photodynamic therapeutic agent that can reach the cancer tissue at a low concentration via active targeting and makes complications (e.g., sunlight hypersensitivity) associated with photodynamic therapy unlikely to occur. | 06-28-2012 |
20120330293 | CATHETER FOR PERFORMING PHOTODYNAMIC ABLATION OF CARDIAC MUSCLE TISSUE VIA PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION - This invention provides a catheter used for blocking abnormal conduction in the cardiac muscle using photodynamic therapy or treating arrhythmia and a method for evaluating the therapeutic effects of the catheter. The catheter has a structure that freely bends at its end, which is used for performing photodynamic ablation of cardiac muscle tissue via photochemical reactions in the blood vessel or cardiac lumen. The catheter comprises a light-emitting window for applying a light beam transmitted through an optical fiber to a target site of cardiac muscle tissue and at least two electrodes for potential measurement in the periphery of the light-emitting window. | 12-27-2012 |
20130046293 | SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING BLOOD CHARRING AT LASER BEAM EMITTING SITE OF LASER CATHETER - This invention provides a method and a system for preventing charring at a laser beam emitting site during treatment or diagnosis using a laser catheter for applying a laser beam. The method is intended to control laser beam irradiation of an apparatus equipped with a laser catheter comprising a laser beam transmission means and a laser beam emitting site used for diagnosis or treatment with the irradiation of the inside of a blood vessel or heart cavity with a laser beam. The method for controlling laser beam irradiation is intended to prevent blood charring at a laser emission site of an apparatus equipped with a laser catheter, and the method comprises a step of controlling a laser beam output in accordance with temporal changes in the intensity of the diffuse reflected light beam by erythrocytes applied to the inside of a blood vessel or heart cavity. | 02-21-2013 |
20130123642 | ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND ESTIMATING METHOD - A photodynamic therapy apparatus as an estimating apparatus is an apparatus for irradiating a tissue having absorbed photo-sensitive pharmaceutical, the photo-sensitive pharmaceutical absorbing an excitation light and emitting fluorescence, with the excitation light emitted from a tip portion of a laser the catheter, including a connector, a light source, and a light detection unit. The laser the catheter is capable of being attached/detached to/from the connector. The light source outputs the excitation light to the laser the catheter via the connector. The light detection unit detects intensity or a spectrum of the fluorescence, the fluorescence being entered from the laser the catheter via the connector, to estimate whether the tissue has changed because of reaction between the excitation light emitted from the tip portion of the laser the catheter and the photo-sensitive pharmaceutical absorbed in the tissue. | 05-16-2013 |
20130172697 | CALCULATION APPARATUS AND CALCULATION METHOD - [Object] To provide a calculation apparatus and a calculation method capable of calculating pharmaceutical concentration in a tissue in real time. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172863 | DETERMINING APPARATUS AND DETERMINING METHOD - A photodynamic therapy apparatus as a determining apparatus is the photodynamic therapy apparatus for irradiating a tissue having absorbed photo-sensitive pharmaceutical, the photo-sensitive pharmaceutical absorbing an excitation light and emitting fluorescence, or a tissue absorbing the excitation light and emitting fluorescence, with the excitation light emitted from a tip portion of a laser catheter, including a connector, a light source, and a light detection unit. The laser catheter is capable of being attached/detached to/from the connector. The light source outputs the excitation light to the laser catheter via the connector. The light detection unit detects intensity or a spectrum of the fluorescence, the fluorescence being entered from the laser catheter via the connector, to determine whether the tip portion of the laser catheter contacts the tissue or not. | 07-04-2013 |
20130289672 | LASER THERAPY APPARATUS, LASER THERAPY SYSTEM, AND DETERMINATION METHOD - To provide a laser therapy apparatus that is capable of determining a contact state between a tip portion of a laser catheter and a tissue, which includes a buried state of the tip portion in the tissue, a laser therapy system, and a determination method. | 10-31-2013 |
20140214015 | SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING BLOOD CHARRING AT LASER BEAM EMITTING SITE OF LASER CATHETER - This invention provides a method and a system for preventing charring at a laser beam emitting site during treatment or diagnosis using a laser catheter for applying a laser beam. The method is intended to control laser beam irradiation of an apparatus equipped with a laser catheter comprising a laser beam transmission means and a laser beam emitting site used for diagnosis or treatment with the irradiation of the inside of a blood vessel or heart cavity with a laser beam. The method for controlling laser beam irradiation is intended to prevent blood charring at a laser emission site of an apparatus equipped with a laser catheter, and the method comprises a step of controlling a laser beam output in accordance with temporal changes in the intensity of the diffuse reflected light beam by erythrocytes applied to the inside of a blood vessel or heart cavity. | 07-31-2014 |
20140330261 | CATHETER FOR PERFORMING PHOTODYNAMIC ABLATION OF CARDIAC MUSCLE TISSUE VIA PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION - This invention provides a catheter used for blocking abnormal conduction in the cardiac muscle using photodynamic therapy or treating arrhythmia and a method for evaluating the therapeutic effects of the catheter. The catheter has a structure that freely bends at its end, which is used for performing photodynamic ablation of cardiac muscle tissue via photochemical reactions in the blood vessel or cardiac lumen. The catheter comprises a light-emitting window for applying a light beam transmitted through an optical fiber to a target site of cardiac muscle tissue and at least two electrodes for potential measurement in the periphery of the light-emitting window. | 11-06-2014 |
20160113573 | THERAPY-PROGRESS-LEVEL MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD - The provided is a therapy-progress-level monitoring device and a method thereof, providing information, in real time during a therapy, regarding the depth of extracellular photodynamic therapy. A photodynamic therapy progress-level monitoring device includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate, with excitation light of a wavelength capable of exciting a photosensitive substance, a photosensitive substance distributed and sustainably supplied by vascular permeability in the extracellular fluid and the transcellular fluid of a living body; detection units configured to detect the fluorescence intensity produced when the photosensitive substance excited by a reaction between the excitation light and the photosensitive substance is inactivated into a ground state; a depth calculation unit configured to calculate in real time an indicator value estimating the volume or the depth of a therapy region by using the fluorescence intensity; and output units configured to output the indicator value in real time to a display or a storage. | 04-28-2016 |