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20090040443 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - To provide a method of producing a liquid crystal panel capable of easily realizing stable high contrast of the liquid crystal panel to be obtained at low cost, a liquid crystal panel, and an image display apparatus. There is provided a method of producing a liquid crystal panel including a first optical compensation layer having refractive index profile of nx>ny=nz and a polarizer on each side of a liquid crystal cell in the order given, in which an angle formed between an absorption axis of the polarizer (A) and a slow axis of the first optical compensation layer (B) on one side of the liquid crystal cell is +α°, an angle formed between an absorption axis of the polarizer (A′) and a slow axis of the first compensation layer (B′) on another side of the liquid crystal cell is −α°, and 0<α<90, the method comprises a step of subjecting substrate formed of single original sheet to alignment treatment at +α° and alignment treatment at −α° with respect to a longitudinal direction of the substrate; and a step of forming the first optical compensation layer (B) on the surface subjected to the +α° alignment treatment and forming the first optical compensation layer (B′) on the surface subjected to the −α° alignment treatment. | 02-12-2009 |
20090244474 | DEPOLARIZING FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, OPTICAL FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A depolarizing film of the present invention comprises a film containing at least one liquid crystal compound, wherein the liquid crystal compound comprises a liquid crystal compound ( | 10-01-2009 |
20100225854 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE PANEL - Provided are a liquid crystal panel which contributes to reduction in thickness and is excellent in optical properties and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The liquid crystal panel of the present invention includes a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizer disposed on one side of the liquid crystal cell, a second polarizer disposed on another side of the liquid crystal cell, a first optical compensation layer and a first negative C plate disposed between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal cell, and a second negative C plate and a second optical compensation layer disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizer, in which the first optical compensation layer is disposed between the first polarizer and the first negative C plate, the second optical compensation layer is disposed between the second negative C plate and the second polarizer, the first and second optical compensation layers each include a coating layer functioning as a λ/4 plate, and each have a thickness of 0.3 to 3 μm, and the first and second negative C plates each include a coating layer, and each have a thickness of 0.5 to 10 μm. | 09-09-2010 |
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20100133728 | CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR PHOTOIMPRINT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CURED PRODUCT USING SAME - A curable composition for photoimprints containing a photopolymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the proportion of the compound having a molecular weight of at most 190 in the composition is at most 20% by mass, and the viscosity of the composition is from 3 to 50 mPa·s at 25° C., is excellent in patterning accuracy. | 06-03-2010 |
20100244328 | CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR PHOTOIMPRINT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CURED PRODUCT USING SAME - A curable composition for photoimprints comprising a photopolymerizable monomer, a polymerization initiator and a compound of the following formula (1), wherein the content of compounds having a molecular weight of at least 1000 is at most 10% by mass of all the solid content therein, and the content of the compound of the formula (1) is from 0.3 to 10.0% by mass of all the solid content therein: | 09-30-2010 |
20110236595 | CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR IMPRINTS, PATTERNING METHOD AND PATTERN - Provided is a curable composition for imprints having good patternability and dry etching resistance. Disclosed is a curable composition for imprints comprising a polymerizable monomer (Ax) having a substituent having an aromatic group and having a molecular weight of 100 or more, and a photopolymerization initiator. | 09-29-2011 |
20120107563 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PATTERN, MEMS STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR DRY ETCHING, METHOD FOR WET ETCHING, MEMS SHUTTER DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided a method for producing a pattern, and the method includes forming a film by removing the solvent from a photosensitive resin composition containing (Component A) a polymer including a monomer unit (a1) having a residue of a carboxyl group or a phenolic hydroxyl group protected with an acid-decomposable group, and a monomer unit (a2) having an epoxy group and/or an oxetanyl group; (Component B) a photo acid generator; and (Component C) a solvent; exposing the film patternwise to an active radiation; developing the exposed film with an aqueous developer liquid to form a pattern; and baking the pattern by heating. | 05-03-2012 |
20140121292 | CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR IMPRINTS, PATTERNING METHOD AND PATTERN - Provided is a curable composition for imprints having good patternability and dry etching resistance. Disclosed is a curable composition for imprints comprising at least one kind of polymerizable monomer selected from the following compounds and a photopolymerization initiator; | 05-01-2014 |
20150014894 | CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR IMPRINTS, CURED PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CURED PRODUCT - Provided is a curable composition for imprints having good patternability and dry etching resistance. Disclosed is a curable composition for imprints comprising a polymerizable monomer (Ax) having a substituent having an aromatic group and having a molecular weight of 100 or more, and a photopolymerization initiator. | 01-15-2015 |
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20110022553 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM, DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A diagnosis support system includes a learning unit which calculates a first learning result based on diagnosis results on case data which are obtained by a plurality of doctors and a second learning result based on a diagnosis result on the case data which is obtained by a specific doctor, an analysis unit which analyzes a feature associated with diagnosis by the specific doctor based on a comparison between the first learning result and the second learning result, and a decision unit which decides display information of clinical data obtained by examination of a patient based on the analysis result. | 01-27-2011 |
20110046480 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention is directed towards a medical image processing apparatus capable of providing effective information on glaucoma by integrating the tomographic image of the retina obtained by an optical coherence tomograph (OCT: Optical Coherence Tomography) and visual function information obtained by a perimeter. The medical image processing apparatus associates visual field measurement results with a fundus camera image (S | 02-24-2011 |
20110243415 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus including a storage unit configured to store tomographic images in relation to fundus of an examined eye; a detection unit configured to detect a boundary of retinal pigment epithelium and an inner limiting membrane from each of the images and to detect a part where the boundary is discontinuous; a determination unit configured to determine a surface of a sclera model for each of the images by use of the boundary and the inner limiting membrane; a generation unit configured to generate a sclera model including an optic papilla periphery by use of the surface of the sclera model and the part where the boundary is discontinuous; a combining unit configured to combine each of the images and the sclera model to generate a combined image; and a display unit configured to display the combined image generated by the combining unit, is provided. | 10-06-2011 |
20120320339 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS, OPHTHALMOLOGIC SYSTEM, CONTROLLING METHOD FOR OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR THE CONTROLLING METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus capable of solving a problem that a curvature of an acquired retina image varies in accordance with a working distance (WD) when the retina image is acquired by an OCT apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of a fundus of an eye to be inspected; a calculating unit configured to calculate a working distance, based on a predetermined layer of the tomographic image, a coherence gate position, and an axial length of the eye to be inspected, at a time when the tomographic image is acquired; and a correcting unit configured to correct the tomographic image based on the working distance. | 12-20-2012 |
20120330140 | TOMOGRAM OBSERVATION APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A tomogram observation apparatus characterized by comprising: detection means for detecting a region in which an optic nerve extends from a retina layer of an eye to be examined to outside the eye to be examined; and generation means for generating a two-dimensional tomogram of a portion around an optic papilla of the eye to be examined, based on a position of the region. | 12-27-2012 |
20130058553 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for analyzing a plurality of images acquired of an eye to be inspected includes a photoreceptor cell analysis unit configured to analyze an area of each photoreceptor cell in a first image, a fundus analysis unit configured to analyze a characteristic of a fundus from a second image, an image associating unit configured to associate the first image with the second image, a characteristic value calculation unit configured to calculate a value of the characteristic for the area of the each photoreceptor cell from the association, and a display unit configured to display an image based on the value of the characteristic calculated for the each photoreceptor cell. | 03-07-2013 |
20130070202 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify periodicity of a fundus image obtained by capturing an image of a fundus of an eye, and an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an imaging state of photoreceptor cells in the fundus image based on the periodicity. | 03-21-2013 |
20130071004 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for processing an image of photoreceptor cells of a fundus of an eye includes a conversion unit configured to convert the image of photoreceptor cells into an image indicating periodicity of the photoreceptor cells, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire intensity information in a plurality of directions of the image indicating the periodicity. | 03-21-2013 |
20140185006 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS - A distortion in an image, which occurs when the image is formed by scanning a retina with a resonance scanner, is reduced. An image forming apparatus for forming an image of an object to be inspected includes: a detecting unit for detecting signals relating to a resonance scanner which is set to scan the object to be inspected with measurement light at a first frequency; a determining unit for determining a second frequency which is estimated to be used for the scanning by the resonance scanner, based on a correlation between groups of the detected signals for each cycle of the first frequency; and an image forming unit for forming the image of the object to be inspected based on the determined second frequency. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185007 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An ophthalmological apparatus includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire a first eye fundus image of an eye to be examined on basis of return light from the eye to be examined having a corrected aberration of the eye to be examined, a second acquiring unit configured to acquire a second eye fundus image of the eye to be examined, an aligning unit configured to align the first eye fundus image and the second eye fundus image, and a region setting unit configured to set a candidate region of interest on basis of the alignment. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185889 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method - An image processing apparatus includes an alignment unit configured to align a first fundus oculi image that is an aberration-corrected image of an eye being examined and a second fundus oculi image having a larger view angle and a lower resolution than the first fundus oculi image, by using a third fundus oculi image having a smaller view angle and a higher resolution than the second fundus oculi image; a distance acquisition unit configured to acquire a distance from a macula lutea of the eye being examined to a certain position in the first fundus oculi image aligned by the alignment unit; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the state of the eye being examined from the distance and information concerning photoreceptor cells included in the first fundus oculi image. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185904 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus to easily identify an image acquiring position of an image by an adaptive optics SLO. The image processing apparatus analyzes an image of an eye to be inspected shot by an adaptive optics SLO, and includes a frequency conversion portion to frequency-convert the image to acquire a frequency spatial image; a characteristic extracting portion to extract a characteristic amount from the frequency spatial image, the characteristic amount relating to a ring-structure reflecting arrangement of photoreceptor cells; and a position estimating portion to estimate an image acquiring position of the image based on the characteristic amount. | 07-03-2014 |
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20090069576 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF 1-(3-(2-(1-BENZOTHIOPHEN-5-YL)-ETHOXY)PROPYL)AZETIDIN-3-OL OR SALTS THEREOF - A Process for production of 1-(3-(2-(1-benzothiophen-5-yl)ethoxy)propyl)azetidin-3-ol or salts thereof which comprises using as a starting compound as a (phenylthio)acetic acid derivative or salts thereof represented by the general formula: | 03-12-2009 |
20090099369 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF 3-[5-[4-(CYCLOPENTYLOXY)-2-HYDROXYBENZOYL]-2-[(3-OXO-2-SUBSTITUTED-2,3-DI- HYDRO-1,2-BENZISOXAZOL-6-YL)METHOXY]PHENYL]PROPIONATE ESTER AND INTERMEDIATE FOR THE PROCESS - A preparation method using as an intermediate 6-(halomethyl)-1,2-benzisoxazol-3(2H)-one derivative represented by general formula | 04-16-2009 |
20090275757 | NOVEL CRYSTAL OF 3-[5-[4-(CYCLOPENTYLOXY)-2- HYDROXYBENZOYL]-2-[(3-HYDROXY-1,2-BENZISOXAZOL-6- YL)METHOXY]PHENYL]PROPIONIC ACID - The crystal of 3-{5-[4-(cyclopentyloxy)-2-hydroxybenzoyl]-2-[(3-hydroxy-1,2-benzisoxazol-6-yl)methoxy]phenyl}propionic acid having peaks at the position of 14.0, 16.0, 23.3, 23.7 and 26.3° and the crystal of 3-{5-[4-(cyclopentyloxy)-2-hydroxybenzoyl]-2-[(3-hydroxy-1,2-benzisoxazol-6-yl)methoxy]phenyl}propionic acid having peaks at the position of 14.6, 23.1, 24.7, 25.6 and 26.0° on 2θ of diffraction angle in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern have a small specific volume, are hard to be charged with electricity, are easily handled and are useful for an active pharmaceutical ingredient of excellent anti-rheumatic agents. | 11-05-2009 |
20100286394 | ORGANIC AMINE SALT OF 6-FLUORO-3-HYDROXY-2-PYRAZINECARBONITRILE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is an organic amine salt of 6-fluoro-3-hydroxy-2-pyrazinecarbonitrile, which is excellent in crystallinity and useful as a production intermediate for 6-fluoro-3-hydroxy-2-pyrazinecarboxamide. | 11-11-2010 |
20110098484 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF 1-(3-(2-(1-BENZOTHIOPHEN-5-YL)- ETHOXY)PROPYL)AZETIDIN-3-OL OR SALTS THEREOF - A Process for production of 1-(3-(2-(1-benzothiophen-5-yl)ethoxy)propyl)azetidin-3-ol or salts thereof which comprises using as a starting compound as a (phenylthio)acetic acid derivative or salts thereof represented by the general formula: | 04-28-2011 |
20110263866 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF 3-[5-[4-(CYCLOPENTYLOXY)-2-HYDROXYBENZOYL]-2-[(3-OXO-2-SUBSTITUTED-2,3-DI- HYDRO-1,2-BENZISOXAZOL-6-YL)METHOXY]PHENYL]PROPIONATE ESTER AND INTERMEDIATE FOR THE PROCESS - A 6-(halomethyl)-1,2-benzisoxazol-3(2H)-one derivative represented by the formula: | 10-27-2011 |
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20100294578 | WORKING MACHINE - A plurality of supports and a top plate attached to between upper ends of the supports are provided, and a power storage device and a controller are installed on the both upper and lower sides of the top plate respectively. Meanwhile, a hydraulic pump and a control valve are accommodated in space for hydraulic devices on the lower side of the top plate, and a heat insulating member and heat shield plates are provided as heat shield means for protecting the power storage device and the controller against heat from the exterior including heat of the hydraulic pump and the control valve. | 11-25-2010 |
20100297926 | HYBRID WORKING MACHINE - In a hybrid working machine including a power storage device serving as a power source for a generator motor and a controller for controlling this power storage device, the power storage device and the controller being each made up of a main body and casing covering the main body, the power storage device is arranged on the upper side of a top plate of a stand provided on an upper frame, the controller is arranged on the lower side, an intake port is provided in the casing of the power storage device, an exhaust port is provided in the casing of the controller, a ventilation port is provided in the top plate, and the cooling air is fed into the interior of the power storage device and the controller, so that the power storage device and the controller are cooled down. | 11-25-2010 |
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20100304047 | Low Temperature Deposition of Silicon-Containing Films - This invention discloses the method of forming silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxide, carbon-doped silicon nitride, carbon-doped silicon oxide and carbon-doped oxynitride films at low deposition temperatures. The silicon containing precursors used for the deposition are monochlorosilane (MCS) and monochloroalkylsilanes. The method is preferably carried out by using plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and plasma enhanced cyclic chemical vapor deposition. | 12-02-2010 |
20130189853 | Low Temperature Deposition of Silicon-Containing Films - This invention discloses the method of forming silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon oxide, carbon-doped silicon nitride, carbon-doped silicon oxide and carbon-doped oxynitride films at low deposition temperatures. The silicon containing precursors used for the deposition are monochlorosilane (MCS) and monochloroalkylsilanes. The method is preferably carried out by using plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and plasma enhanced cyclic chemical vapor deposition. | 07-25-2013 |
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20090078197 | Substrate processing system, control method for substrate processing apparatus and program - The present invention provides a substrate processing system, a control method for a substrate processing apparatus, and a program for the system and/or method, each of which is intended to achieve effective control for a film-forming amount on processed substrates. The substrate processing system includes a substrate processing unit adapted for forming a film on each of the plurality of substrates; a pattern obtaining unit adapted for obtaining information about an arrangement pattern concerning arrangement of unprocessed substrates and processed substrates among the plurality of substrates; and a memory unit adapted for storing therein an arrangement/film-forming-amount model indicative of influence exerted on the film-forming amount on the substrates by the arrangement of the unprocessed substrates and processed substrates among the plurality of substrates. A calculation unit calculates an estimated film-forming amount on the substrates, in the case of the arrangement pattern, based on the arrangement/film-forming-amount model. Then, a determination unit determines whether or not the estimated film-forming amount calculated by the calculation unit is within a predetermined range. If the estimated film-forming amount calculated by the calculation unit is determined to be within the predetermined range, a control unit will control and drive the substrate processing unit to process the substrates. | 03-26-2009 |
20110129618 | VERTICAL FILM FORMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A method for using a vertical film formation apparatus includes performing a coating process inside the process container without product target objects present therein to cover an inner surface of the process container with a coating film, and then performing a film formation process inside the process container accommodating the holder with the product target objects placed thereon to form a predetermined film on the product target objects. The coating process alternately supplies the first and second process gases into the process container without turning either of the first and second process gases into plasma. The film formation process alternately supplies the first and second process gases into the process container while turning at least one of the first and second process gases into plasma. | 06-02-2011 |
20110129619 | FILM FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A film formation method includes setting a target object at a temperature of 150 to 550° C., the target object being placed inside the process container configured to hold a vacuum state therein, and then, repeating a cycle alternately including a first supply step and a second supply step a plurality of times to form a silicon nitride film on the target object. The first supply step is a step of supplying monochlorosilane gas as an Si source into the process container while setting the process container at a pressure of 66.65 to 666.5 Pa therein. The second supply step is a step of supplying a nitrogen-containing gas as a nitriding gas into the process container. | 06-02-2011 |
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20110127184 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH HINGE MECHANISM - An electronic apparatus includes a first case and a second case. The electronic apparatus includes a hinge support that is located in the vicinity of the first case and the second case, a first hinge portion that openably and closably couples the first case and the hinge support, and a second hinge portion that rotatably couples the second case and the hinge support. The position where the first hinge portion is joined to the hinge support is separated from the position where the second hinge portion is joined to the hinge support. | 06-02-2011 |
20120257342 | Extension Device and Information Processing System Including the Same - A main device includes fixing portions that fix a holding device to one principal surface thereof and project from the one principal surface. An extension device includes a placement portion on which the main device is placed and a wall portion on which the placement portion is provided in a standing manner. The wall portion that faces the one principal surface, to which the holding device is fixed, in a parallel relation, has such a shape as to not interfere with the fixing portions that fix the holding device of the main device, when the main device is placed on the placement portion. The main device can be mounted on the extension device with the holding device mounted thereon, and time and effort to remove the holding device can be saved when the main device is mounted on the extension device. | 10-11-2012 |
20130044418 | Electronic Device | 02-21-2013 |
20130044420 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 02-21-2013 |
20140063700 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 03-06-2014 |
20140063701 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 03-06-2014 |
20140070680 | PLATE-SHAPED CASING MEMBER AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A plate-shaped casing member is a plate-shaped casing having a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the rear surface includes a first surface, and a second surface having a height different from a height of the first surface and having a meandering contour line, and the plate-shaped casing member has a thickness from the meandering contour line in the second surface to the front surface which is different from a thickness from the first surface to the front surface. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071649 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device comprising: a plate-type display section with a display surface; a front-surface plate placed on a front surface of the display surface; and a supporting portion for supporting the display section and the front-surface plate. The supporting portion includes a first surface adapted to support the front-surface plate, and a second surface which is formed in such a way as to rise up substantially vertically from the first surface such that the second surface faces a side surface of the display portion and, further, includes at least a rising base end portion thereof. | 03-13-2014 |
20140072761 | PLATE-SHAPED CASING MEMBER AND INSERT INJECTION MOLDING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A plate-shaped casing member includes: a first member made of a metal material, the first member including a through hole, a first half-through hole having an opening in a first main-surface side around the through hole, and a second half-through hole having an opening in a second main-surface side around the through hole; and a second member made of a material, the second member extending over the first half-through hole, the through hole, and the second half-through hole in the first member, and the second member being bonded to the first member. | 03-13-2014 |
20140085786 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 03-27-2014 |
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20090065060 | CHALCOPYRITE TYPE SOLAR CELL - A first electrode layer | 03-12-2009 |
20090133749 | Chalcopyrite Solar Cell - A chalcopyrite solar cell having a mica substrate or a laminated mica substrate, an intermediate layer made of a ceramic-based material formed on the mica substrate, and a binder layer formed on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer has a thickness equal to or more than 2 μm and equal to or less than 20 μm. The binder layer has a thickness equal to or more than 3000 Å and equal to or less than 8000 Å. The intermediate layer and the binder layer are interposed between the mica substrate and a molybdenum electrode. | 05-28-2009 |
20090205715 | Chalcopyrite Solar Cell and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A solar cell having high conversion efficiency and excellent flexibility is realized. A mica substrate or laminated mica substrate is used as substrate | 08-20-2009 |
20090242022 | Solar Cell - A flexible solar cell is achieved which has a high photoelectric conversion efficiency and no aged deterioration. A cell | 10-01-2009 |
20090277499 | Solar Cell and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A highly reliable solar cell is achieved which has a high photoelectric conversion efficiency and no aged deterioration. A cell | 11-12-2009 |
20110269089 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR SOLAR CELLS - A heat treatment apparatus for a selenization process or a sulphurization process carried out when forming a light absorbing layer in a chalcopyrite-type solar cell, comprises a quartz tube in which a plurality of solar cell substrates is arranged in parallel at predetermined intervals in a thickness direction, a heating mechanism for heating atmospheric gas, which is arranged at an outside of the quartz tube, and first baffle plates arranged upward of the substrates, in which heated atmospheric gas, which rises along an inner surface of the quartz tube, is guided from upward to the center of the substrates. | 11-03-2011 |
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20080217936 | BUMPER ABSORBER - A bumper absorber ( | 09-11-2008 |
20100214801 | LAMP MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE TO WHICH LAMP IS MOUNTED WITH THE USE OF THE SAME - A weak portion (connection release device) is provided in an upper connection portion in which a headlamp, which is a lamp, is connected to a radiator support, which is a vehicle body, and therefore, when an impact load is applied from above a vehicle, an upper portion of the headlamp is detached from the radiator support. In a lower connection portion in which a lower portion of the headlamp is connected to a bumper reinforcement, which is a vehicle body, a lower connection device maintains a connection between the lower portion of the headlamp and the bumper reinforcement. When the impact load is applied in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the lower connection device releases the connection between the headlamp and the bumper reinforcement. | 08-26-2010 |
20120285759 | VEHICLE HOOD STRUCTURE - A vehicle hood structure capable of both raising the energy absorbing ability when an impacting body has impacted a hood and enhancing deformation properties of the hood during a frontal collision. A framework formation section configuring a central region in a hood inner panel is provided with beads and indented portions formed to extend along the hood front-rear direction. Plural through holes are formed at a hood front-rear direction substantially central portion of the framework formation section in a row along the hood width direction. The through holes are formed in bottom portions of the indented portions. Beads are also formed in the two hood width direction edge portions in positions aligned with the hood front-rear direction positions of the through holes. | 11-15-2012 |
20130015682 | VEHICLE HOOD STRUCTUREAANM Ikeda; KokiAACI Toyota-shiAACO JPAAGP Ikeda; Koki Toyota-shi JPAANM Yonezawa; SeihoAACI Toyota-shiAACO JPAAGP Yonezawa; Seiho Toyota-shi JP - A hood structure that is for a vehicle and that can cause an increase in energy absorption performance when colliding with a collided object. An undulating section wherein beads and concavities are provided in alternation along the widthwise direction of the hood and that has a wavy shape in a cross sectional view is formed at nearly the entire central region of a hood inner panel. In the cross section of the wavy shape of the undulating section, the widthwise measurement between the peaks of the beads that are formed on both adjacent sides of any given bead side from the two on the ends among the plurality of beads is set in a manner so as to be smaller than 165 mm, which is the outer diameter of a head impactor that simulates the head of a pedestrian. | 01-17-2013 |
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20100205353 | MEMORY SYSTEM - A memory system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a log overflow control unit that, when a third condition in which a second log accumulated in a log storage area exceeds a set value is satisfied, stops a recording operation of the second log in the log storage area by a log recording unit and causes a log recording unit to perform an update operation of a second management table in a master table and a recording operation of a first log in the log storage area, and that, when a first condition is satisfied next time, prohibits a commit operation by a log reflecting unit and causes a snapshot storing unit to perform a snapshot storing operation. | 08-12-2010 |
20110173380 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEMORY SYSTEM - A first log indicating that a system is running is recorded in a second storage unit before a first difference log is recorded in the second storage unit after system startup, and a second log indicating that the system halts is recorded in the second storage unit following the difference log, at the time of normal system halt, and it is judged whether normal system halt has been performed or an incorrect power-off sequence has been performed last time, based on a recorded state of the first and second logs in the second storage unit, at the time of system startup, thereby detecting an incorrect power-off easily and reliably. | 07-14-2011 |
20120221776 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - According to the embodiments, a first storage area and a second storage area specified by a trim request is managed by a first management unit, and the second storage area specified by the trim request is managed by a second management unit. A block in which data of the first management unit are all specified by the trim request from the first or second storage areas and a block in which data of the second management unit are all specified by the trim request from the second storage area are released. | 08-30-2012 |
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20150021804 | MOLD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLDED FOAM BODY, AND MOLDED FOAM BODY - A mold that: makes it possible to manufacture a molded foam body wherein a reinforcing member extends to a portion of the outer face of the molded body main body that corresponds to a parting line in the inner face of the cavity of the mold; and prevents molding problems stemming from the reinforcing member getting into the aforementioned parting line. Also: a method for manufacturing a molded foam body using the aforementioned mold; and a molded foam body manufactured thereby. The aforementioned mold ( | 01-22-2015 |
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20100130622 | PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION FOR PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING PERIODONTAL DISEASE, AGENT FOR ORAL HYGIENE COMPRISING THEREOF, AND FOOD COMPRISING THEREOF - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating periodontal disease comprising at least one having dental root-periodontal tissue formation promotion effect selected from the group consisting of a compound shown in a following formula (I). | 05-27-2010 |
20120196927 | PROPHYLACTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR METABOLIC SYNDROME - A method for screening a substance for treating visceral adiposity syndrome comprises: (1) extracting a total RNA fraction from skeletal muscle collected from non-human mammals of a group to which a predetermined amount of the test substance has been administered and from non-human mammals of a group to which the test substance has not been administered; (2) quantifying the expression quantity of mRNA in the total RNA fraction extracted that encodes a glucose transporter gene by a specific method; and (3) comparing and analyzing the quantity of the test substance ingested, the body weight gain, and the expression quantity of RNA encoding the glucose transporter gene during the administration period for the non-human mammals of the test substance-administered group to these quantities for the non-human mammals that constitute the test substance-unadministered group to thereby determine the effect of the test substance on the metabolic syndrome. | 08-02-2012 |
20130102796 | AGENT FOR PROMOTING OSTEOBLAST DIFFERENTIATION, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING BONE FORMATION, AND FOOD FOR SPECIAL DIETARY USE CONTAINING AURAPTENE ANALOG AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - Agents or pharmaceutical compositions for promoting osteoblast differentiation include purified auraptene or coumarin analogs thereof represented by the following formula 1: | 04-25-2013 |
20140212478 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING PERIODONTAL DISEASE - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating periodontal disease comprising at least one having dental root-periodontal tissue formation promotion effect selected from the group consisting of a compound shown in a following formula (I). | 07-31-2014 |
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20090066546 | HIGH-SPEED SERIAL INTERFACE CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - A high-speed serial interface circuit includes a data receiver circuit, a clock signal receiver circuit, a logic circuit block that includes at least a serial/parallel conversion circuit, a free-running clock signal generation circuit, a clock signal detection circuit, and an output mask circuit. The clock signal detection circuit compares a received clock signal from the clock signal receiver circuit with a free-running clock signal from the free-running clock signal generation circuit to detect whether or not clock signals are transferred through differential clock signal lines. When the clock signal detection circuit has detected that the clock signals are not transferred through the differential clock signal lines, the output mask circuit masks an output signal from the logic circuit block so that the output signal is not transmitted to a circuit in the subsequent stage. The present invention can prevent a partial characteristic variation by NBTI by inputting a free-running clock into a logic block, and operating it. | 03-12-2009 |
20100103002 | HIGH-SPEED SERIAL INTERFACE CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - A high-speed serial interface circuit includes a data receiver circuit, a clock signal receiver circuit, a logic circuit block that includes at least a serial/parallel conversion circuit, a free-running clock signal generation circuit, a clock signal detection circuit, and an output mask circuit. The clock signal detection circuit compares a received clock signal from the clock signal receiver circuit with a free-running clock signal from the free-running clock signal generation circuit to detect whether or not clock signals are transferred through differential clock signal lines. When the clock signal detection circuit has detected that the clock signals are not transferred through the differential clock signal lines, the output mask circuit masks an output signal from the logic circuit block so that the output signal is not transmitted to a circuit in the subsequent stage. The present invention can prevent a partial characteristic variation by NBTI by inputting a free-running clock into a logic block, and operating it. | 04-29-2010 |
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20090080616 | ROTARY ANODE X-RAY TUBE - In a rotary anode X-ray tube, a disc portion is fitted into a rotary anode with a first gap therebetween and a fixed shaft is fitted into a rotary shaft to support the anode with a second gap therebetween. The disc portion and the fixed shaft are formed integral with each other to have a hollow portion therein. A cooling liquid is allowed to flow through the hollow portion. A liquid metal is filled in the first and second gaps. Dynamic pressure type bearings is formed in the second gap. A passage is formed to directly communicate the first gap to the second gap, whereby the liquid metal being directly supplied from the second gap to the first gap. Thus, the liquid metal can be fed rapidly and surely into the gap between the anode target and a cooling vessel. | 03-26-2009 |
20090245469 | ROTARY ANODE X-RAY TUBE - In an X-ray tube, a rotary anode formed into a hollow disk-like shape is fixedly supported by a rotating body formed into a hollow cylindrical shape. A fixed shaft has fixed ends, columnar bearing portions and a disk part, and a flow path of a cooling medium formed along a central axis thereof. The bearing portions are inserted into the rotating body with a first gap between the columnar bearing portion and the rotating body, so that the rotating body is rotatably supported. The disk part is arranged in the rotary anode with a second gap between the disk part and the rotary anode. The first and second gaps are filled with a lubricant, bearing grooves are formed in the bearing portion, thereby forming dynamic pressure bearings, and a center of gravity of the rotary anode is arranged between the first and second dynamic pressure bearings. | 10-01-2009 |
20140153689 | COOLER, X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND MAINTENANCE METHOD OF X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a cooler includes a casing, a radiator unit which is installed in a circulation path, where a coolant is circulated, and is configured to externally discharge heat of the coolant, and a fan unit housed in the casing to generate an air flow passing through the radiator unit. A windward side of the radiator unit is exposed to an outer side of the casing. | 06-05-2014 |
20140321620 | X-RAY TUBE AND ANODE TARGET - According to one embodiment, an X-ray tube including an electron emission source which emits an electron, an anode target which comprises a target layer emitting an X-ray by the electron from the electron emission source, and a substrate supporting the target layer and composed from a carbide-strengthened molybdenum alloy, an evacuated outer surrounding envelope which contains the electron emission source and the anode target, a diffusion barrier layer which is integrally formed with the substrate by a powder metallurgy method on a part of a top surface of the substrate and is composed of a high-melting-point metal lacking of carbon-element content compared with carbon-element content in the substrate, and a thermal radiation film which is formed on at least a part of a top surface of the diffusion barrier layer and composed of metallic oxide. | 10-30-2014 |
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20100277193 | PROBE - A probe of the present invention includes a beam portion cantilevered by a holding portion, and a contact extending perpendicularly to and downward from a free end of the beam portion. An inner cut portion is formed on a fixed end side of the beam portion in a side portion of the contact, and an outer cut portion is formed on a free end side of the beam portion in a side portion of the contact, so that the outer cut portion and the inner cut portion are formed to bend the contact when the contact contacts an electrode of an object to be inspected at a predetermined contact pressure. According to the present invention, in inspection of electrical characteristics of the object to be inspected, suitable contact between the probe and the object to be inspected may be maintained and the durability of the probe may be improved. | 11-04-2010 |
20100301887 | PROBE CARD - A probe card according to the present invention includes a support plate for supporting probes that contact an object to be inspected, a circuit board, a holding member for holding a lower surface of an outer peripheral portion of the support plate, and an abutting member disposed between the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion of the support plate and the holding member and protruding upward to abut to the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion of the support plate. Accordingly, horizontal expansion of the support plate itself is allowed, and at the time of inspecting electrical characteristics of the object to be inspected, even though the temperature of the support plate is increased and the support plate expands, the support plate can expand in a horizontal direction, thereby suppressing vertical deformation of the support plate. | 12-02-2010 |
20100301888 | PROBE DEVICE - A reinforcing member is formed at a top surface side of a probe card including a support plate for supporting a contactor and a circuit board. A plurality of long guide holes are formed in an outer peripheral portion of the reinforcing member. Fixing members fixed to a holding member and collars formed around outer circumferences of the fixing members are formed in the guide holes. A length in a longitudinal direction of each of the guide holes is greater than a diameter of each of the collars, and a central line in the longitudinal direction of each of the guide holes passes through a center of the reinforcing member. Due to the guide holes, horizontal expansion of the reinforcing member itself is allowed. | 12-02-2010 |
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20080318359 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate is disclosed in which the density of basal plane dislocations (BPDs) in particular is reduced in an SiC crystal substrate. Irregularities in the surface of the substrate due to this reduction also can be flattened. A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate is disclosed in which, prior to forming an epitaxial growth layer on a silicon carbide substrate with an off-axis angle of 1° to 8°, parallel line-shape irregularities, which have an irregularity cross-sectional aspect ratio equal to or greater than the tangent of the off-axis angle of the silicon carbide substrate, are formed in the substrate surface. The irregularites have a height between 0.25 μm and 5 μm. | 12-25-2008 |
20090236612 | SILICON CARBIDE MOS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A silicon carbide MOS semiconductor device is disclosed which suppresses degradation of efficiency percentage yield with respect to a breakdown voltage even when a surface region with a high impurity concentration is formed by ion implantation with such a high dose as required for attaining a good ohmic contact. The device has a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, a voltage blocking layer of a first conductivity type formed on the substrate, a body region of a second conductivity type formed on the voltage blocking layer, a body contact region of the second conductivity type formed in a surface region of the body region by selective ion implantation, a surface of the body contact region having such a high impurity concentration as to impart an ohmic contact, a source contact region of the first conductivity type formed in a surface region of the body region by selective ion implantation, a surface of the source contact region having such a high impurity concentration as to impart an ohmic contact, and a source extension region with an impurity concentration lower than that in the source contact region under the source contact region at a region deeper than a tail part of a bottom region of the source contact region by selective ion implantation, the source extension region having an impurity concentration less than 3×10 | 09-24-2009 |
20100314247 | Filtered cathodic arc device and carbon protective film deposited using the device - A filtered cathodic arc device includes a plasma generating module which generates plasma using an arc discharge which has a cathode target as a deposition raw material; a deposition processing chamber in which a deposition receiving substrate is placed; a curved magnetic field duct that is placed between the plasma generating module and the deposition processing chamber, and that guides plasma generated by the plasma generating module to the deposition processing chamber with a magnetic field; a wool medium formed of a nonmagnetic metal fiber which covers the interior wall of the magnetic field duct; and a bias power source for the wool medium. The device balances reduction of particulate particles and a high deposition rate. | 12-16-2010 |
20120237428 | SIC SINGLE CRYSTAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A method is disclosed with provides stable growth of SiC single crystals, particularly 4H—SiC single crystals, with an effective crystal growth rate for a prolonged time even at a low temperature range of 2000° C. or lower. A raw material containing Si, Ti and Ni is charged into a crucible made of graphite and heat-melted to obtain a solvent. At the same time, C is dissolved out from the crucible into the solvent to obtain a melt. A SiC seed crystal substrate is then brought into contact with the melt such that SiC is supersaturated in the melt in the vicinity of the surface of the SiC seed crystal substrate, thereby allowing growth and production of an SiC single crystal on the SiC seed crystal substrate. | 09-20-2012 |
20140065800 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Gas containing Si, gas containing C and gas containing Cl are introduced into a reacting furnace. SiC epitaxial film is grown on the surface of a 4H—SiC substrate by CVD in a gas atmosphere including raw material gas, additive gas, doping gas and carrier gas. The amount of the gas containing Cl relative to the gas containing Si in the gas atmosphere is reduced gradually. At the start of growth, the number of Cl atoms in the gas containing Cl is three times as large as the number of Si atoms in the gas containing Si. The number of Cl atoms in the gas containing Cl relative to the number of Si atoms in the gas containing Si in the gas atmosphere is reduced at a rate of 0.5%/min to 1.0%/min. The method grows silicon carbide semiconductor film at a high rate. | 03-06-2014 |
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20100219801 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, CONTROL CIRCUIT CONTROLLING SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND CONTROL METHOD OF SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A switching power supply includes: a first switch provided between one end of a DC power supply and one end of a load; a second switch provided between a node of the first switch located on a load side and another end of the DC power supply; a capacitor provided between the second switch and the another end of the DC power supply; a third switch provided between a node of the first switch located on a DC power supply side and a node between the second switch and the capacitor; and a delay circuit that is provided between the third switch and the node between the second switch and the capacitor and delays a current for charging the capacitor, wherein the second switch is turned on in a period during which the first switch is kept on. | 09-02-2010 |
20100220416 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, CONTROL METHOD OF SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND MODULE SUBSTRATE - A switching power supply includes: a first switch provided between a positive terminal of a DC power supply and a positive terminal of a load; a second switch connected in parallel with the first switch; a first capacitor provided between the second switch and a node of the first switch on a DC power supply side; a first inductor provided between the first capacitor and the positive terminal of the DC power supply; and a control circuit that turns off the second switch after the first switch is turned off and when or before a voltage across the first capacitor becomes zero. | 09-02-2010 |
20110057519 | SWITCH CIRCUIT - The present invention is a switch circuit equipped with a first switch connected between another end of an inductive load having a one end connected to a one end of a DC power supply and another end of the DC power supply, a capacitor connected between the another end of the inductive load and the another end of the DC power supply and connected in parallel with the first switch, a second switch that connects the another end of the inductive load and the capacitor, a third switch that connects a one end of the capacitor on an inductive load side to the one end of the inductive load so as to be parallel to the second switch, and a control circuit that turns ON the second switch before the first switch is turned OFF and turns OFF the second switch before the first switch is turned ON after being turned OFF. | 03-10-2011 |
20110215788 | DC-DC CONVERTER - The present invention is a DC-DC converter characterized by including a switch element that is provided between one end of a DC power source and one end of a load and turns ON and OFF current input from the DC power source, an inductance element that is provided between one end of the switch element on a load-side end and includes a doughnut-shaped magnetic core and a conductive wire wound around the magnetic core, a commutation switch provided between a node between the switch element and the inductance element and a ground potential, and a capacitance element provided between a node between the inductance element and the load and the ground potential, wherein a magnetic flux density of the magnetic core varies partially. | 09-08-2011 |
20120008351 | VOLTAGE-DIVIDING POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT, VOLTAGE-DIVIDING POWER FACTOR CORRECTION APPARATUS AND VOLTAGE-DIVIDING POWER FACTOR CORRECTION METHOD - A circuit include: a first power factor correction circuit that forces current produced by the positive AC voltage to be in phase with the positive AC voltage so that a power factor of electric power is improved; a second power factor correction circuit that forces current produced by the negative AC voltage to be in phase with the negative AC voltage so that a power factor of electric power is improved; and an output circuit including a first capacitor storing first electric power with a power factor improved by the first power factor correction circuit and a second capacitor storing second electric power with a power factor improved by the second power factor correction circuit, the first capacitor and the second capacitor being provided in series, the output circuit outputting the first electric power stored in the first capacitor and the second electric power stored in the second capacitor. | 01-12-2012 |
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20120163052 | Power supply unit and information processor - A power supply unit includes multiple input terminals to which alternating-current power is input; a positive terminal and a negative terminal for outputting direct-current power; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify the input alternating-current power; a first inductor connected to the rectifier circuit; a first capacitor connected between the positive terminal and the negative terminal; a first rectifying device connected between the output terminal of the first inductor and the positive terminal and having a rectification direction in a direction from the output terminal of the first inductor toward the positive terminal; a switching device connected between an input terminal of the first rectifying device and the negative terminal; a second rectifying device and a second capacitor connected in parallel to the switching device; and a second inductor connected between a connection of the second rectifying device and the second capacitor and the positive terminal. | 06-28-2012 |
20120182769 | DC-DC CONVERTER, POWER SUPPLY UNIT AND AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A DC-DC converter is disclosed that includes a first winding of a first transformer to which direct current power is supplied, a switching element configured to be connected in series with the first winding of the first transformer, a first winding of a second transformer and a capacitor configured to be connected in series with each other and in parallel with the switching element, a second winding of the first transformer configured to be coupled with the first winding of the first transformer, output terminals configured to be connected to the second winding of the first transformer and to output direct current power, and a pair of second windings of the second transformer configured to be coupled with the first winding of the second transformer, the second windings of the second transformer being connected in parallel with each other with reverse polarity between the output terminals. | 07-19-2012 |
20120242302 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device includes a step-down unit to step down an input voltage, a switching unit to perform switching on a stepped-down voltage obtained through the stepping down by the step-down unit so as to externally output the voltage, an output variation detection unit to detect a corresponding variation of output from the switching unit, a delay unit to delay the input voltage by a prescribed time period, a delay variation detection unit to detect a corresponding variation of a delayed voltage output from the delay unit, an addition unit to add corresponding variations of the power supply voltage and the delayed voltage respectively detected by the output variation detection unit and the delay variation detection unit, and a control unit to perform feedback control on the basis of the corresponding variations of the power supply voltage and the delayed voltage added by the addition unit. | 09-27-2012 |