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20120083400 | Sheet Processing Apparatus And Image Forming System - A sheet processing apparatus includes: a correcting unit that corrects alignment of a sheet; a post-processing unit that performs post-processing on the sheet after the correcting unit corrects the alignment of the sheet; and a creasing unit that forms a crease on the sheet after the correcting unit corrects the alignment of the sheet. | 04-05-2012 |
20120086161 | CREASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A creasing apparatus that performs a creasing process on a sheet, the creasing apparatus including a first conveying path on which a creasing unit is located, the creasing unit performing a creasing process on a sheet conveyed therein; a second conveying path that conveys a sheet conveyed therein to a downstream side without any process being performed on the sheet; and a control unit that, while the first conveying path conveys a sheet so that the creasing unit performs the creasing process on the sheet, causes a subsequent sheet to be conveyed to the downstream side from the second conveying path. | 04-12-2012 |
20120115702 | Creasing apparatus and image forming system - A creasing apparatus forming a crease on sheets one by one includes: a first member having a linear convex blade formed in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction; a second member having a concave blade being paired with the convex blade; and a drive unit that moves the first and second members so as to cause the convex blade and the concave blade to form a crease on a sheet stopped at a predetermined position. The first member forms the convex blade with first comb and second comb and the second member forms the concave blade with third comb and fourth comb that advance and retract relative to each other. The drive unit selects advanced and retracted positions of the first comb and second comb and advanced and retracted positions of the third comb and fourth comb so as to perform a creasing process or a perforating process. | 05-10-2012 |
20120157285 | CREASING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A creasing device includes: a first member including a convex blade; a first receiving member including an attachment surface where the first member is to be attached; a second member arranged to face the first member and including a concave blade that allows the convex blade to be fitted thereinto; and a second receiving member including an attachment surface where the second member is to be attached; and a driving section that brings the first and second members into contact with each other and separates the first member and the second member from one another. When the first member is attached to the first receiving member and the second member is attached to the second receiving member to face each other, a blade edge of at least one of the concave blade and the convex blade has an arcuate shape convex toward one another. | 06-21-2012 |
20120294695 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveying unit that conveys a booklet formed by folding a sheet bundle; a processing unit that performs a predetermined process on the booklet; a booklet holding unit that includes first and second holding members to hold the booklet and varies a gap distance between the first and second holding members depending on a state of processing the booklet while the sheet processing unit is performing the process on the booklet; and a pressing unit that presses and fixes the booklet while the processing unit is processing the booklet | 11-22-2012 |
20130001848 | SKEW CORRECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SKEW CORRECTION METHOD - A skew correction device for aligning a booklet that is a folded bundle of sheets on a conveying path includes a first member against which a leading end of the booklet abuts in a conveying direction; a second member configured to push a trailing end of the booklet in the conveying direction so that the leading end of the booklet abuts against the first member; and a deflection generating member configured to deflect the booklet downward when the trailing end is pushed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130001849 | SKEW CORRECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SKEW CORRECTION METHOD - A skew correction device includes: a conveying path through which a booklet formed by folding a sheet bundle is conveyed in a conveying direction; a positioning unit on which a leading-end portion of the booklet in the conveying direction is to abut, the positioning unit being arranged to be able to protrude into and retreat from the conveying path; an abutting unit that pushes a trailing-end portion of the booklet in the conveying direction, thereby moving the booklet toward the positioning unit and causing the leading-end portion of the booklet to abut on the positioning unit; and a pushing force changing unit that changes a pushing force applied by the abutting unit to the booklet to push the booklet against the positioning unit based on a pushing amount of the abutting unit to the booklet. | 01-03-2013 |
20130011219 | BOOKLET CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND BOOKLET CONVEYING METHOD - In an embodiment, a booklet conveying device includes: a pair of conveying units; a positioning unit; a pressing unit; and a conveying-force changing unit. The pair of conveying units convey a booklet made of a stack of folded sheets, and change a distance therebetween. The positioning unit positions the booklet by making a leading-end portion of the booklet abut thereto. The pressing unit presses the booklet positioned by the positioning unit onto one of the conveying units in order to fix. The conveying-force changing unit changes the conveying force exerted by the conveying units. | 01-10-2013 |
20130154178 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - A sheet processing apparatus performs predetermined processing on a sheet or a sheet bundle. The sheet processing apparatus includes: a conveying unit that conveys a sheet along a conveying path; an aligning unit that, each time a sheet is conveyed by the conveying unit, aligns the sheet; a stacking unit that reverses a conveying direction of a sheet to convey the sheet backward to a branch path branched from the conveying path, and stacks the sheet in the branch path; and a binding unit that binds a sheet bundle aligned by the aligning unit, in the conveying path. | 06-20-2013 |
20130264762 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus includes a stacking channel to stack multiple sheets into a sheet bundle, and a binding device to bind together the sheet bundle, the binding device including multiple clamping portions to clamp the sheet bundle to create multiple clamping marks on the sheet bundle. When the binding device binds a corner area of the sheet bundle, a longitudinal direction of each of the multiple clamping marks forms an angle within a range from 30 degrees to 60 degrees with a side of the corner area of the sheet bundle. | 10-10-2013 |
20130270762 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance unit to transport a sheet bundle including multiple sheets in a sheet conveyance direction and a binding device including a clamping unit. The clamping unit includes multiple projections and multiple recesses to engage the respective projections to clamp the sheet bundle inserted therebetween. At least one of the multiple projections includes an inclined portion facing a sheet conveyance direction, and an inclination of the inclined portion is 45 degrees or smaller relative to a face parallel to the sheet conveyance direction. | 10-17-2013 |
20130300050 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET BINDING METHOD - A sheet processing apparatus includes a pair of squeezing members having a projection and a recess to engage each other, to squeeze a sheet bundle inserted therebetween in a direction of thickness of the sheet bundle, and a pressure applying unit to apply pressing force to the squeezing members to squeeze and bind the sheet bundle. The pressing force generated between the squeezing members by the pressure applying unit increases in strength as a relative distance between the squeezing members decreases. | 11-14-2013 |
20140138896 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes: a conveying unit configured to convey sheets; a stacking unit configured to stack the conveyed sheets to form a sheet stack; and a binding unit configured to include a pair of toothed jaw and bind the sheet stack by pressing the sheet stack between the pair of toothed jaw, wherein at least one portion of edges of the toothed jaw is rounded. | 05-22-2014 |
20140151951 | POSTPROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE POSTPROCESSING APPARATUS - A postprocessing apparatus includes a stacking unit that stacks a sheet, an abutting unit that corrects a conveying direction of the sheet, a return roller that abuts the sheet against the abutting unit, a shift conveying unit that shifts the sheet in a width direction, and a width direction detector that detects a width direction position of the sheet. When the sheet is shifted by the shift conveying unit by a predetermined amount, passed to the return roller, and abutted against the abutting unit, distances A and B are nearly the same, where the distance A is a distance from a conveying direction position of a side of the sheet to a rear end of the sheet and the distance B is a distance from the return roller to the abutting unit. | 06-05-2014 |
20140219747 | SHEET BINDING DEVICE, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET BINDING METHOD - A sheet binding device binds a sheet bundle by causing a movable-crimping-member moving unit to move a movable crimping member thereby holding a sheet bundle between crimping members. The movable-crimping-member moving unit includes: a link mechanism that includes a first link member rotatably connected to the movable crimping member, a second link member rotatably connected to a fixed member fixed to a device body and connected to the first link member through a connecting part; a connecting member rotatably connected to the connecting part, and capable of moving between a first position causing the link mechanism to be extended and a second position causing the link mechanism to be more flexed than in the first position; and a connecting-member moving unit that includes a rotary member capable of rotating on a displaceable rotating shaft, and reciprocates the connecting member by rotation of the rotary member in one direction. | 08-07-2014 |
20150030414 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING CRIMPING MEMBERS, SHEET BINDING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention is concerning a method for attaching a pair of crimping members in a sheet binding device that binds a sheet bundle by engagement of the pair of crimping members, wherein at least one of the crimping members is attached to a member to which the one of the crimping members is to be attached in a state where the pair of crimping members is in engagement. | 01-29-2015 |
20150045197 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADDITIONALLY FOLDING SHEET BUNDLE - The present invention is concerning a sheet processing device comprising: a pressing unit that includes a first pressing roller arranged on one side of a thickness direction of a folded sheet bundle, and a second pressing roller and a third pressing roller arranged on the other side across a fold line part of the folded sheet bundle, and a moving unit that moves the pressing unit in a state in which each of a first line and a second line is not parallel to the thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle, the first line connecting the rotational center of the first pressing roller and the rotational center of the second pressing roller, and the second line connecting the rotational center of the first pressing roller and the rotational center of the third pressing roller. | 02-12-2015 |
20150065326 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADDITIONALLY FOLDING SHEET BUNDLE - A sheet processing device comprising: a pressing unit that presses a fold line part of a folded sheet bundle; and a moving unit that moves a pressing position of the pressing unit in a fold direction of the folded sheet bundle, wherein the pressing unit includes a pair of pressing rollers that holds the folded sheet bundle therebetween, and the pair of pressing rollers changes an angle θ between a thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle and a line connecting the rotational centers of the pressing rollers in the middle of movement. | 03-05-2015 |
20150076759 | SHEET BINDING DEVICE, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet binding device includes: a pair of crimping members each including alternately-arranged multiple recesses and multiple protrusions to bind a sheaf of sheets by fitting the recesses and the protrusions with the sheet sheaf interposed therebetween. When the recesses and the protrusions of the pair of crimping members are fitted, slanted side faces of the protrusions of one of the pair of crimping members and that of the other one of the pair of crimping members are in contact with each other with a clearance left both between top portions of the protrusions of the one of the crimping members and bottom portions of the recesses of the other one of the crimping members and between top portions of the protrusions of the other one of the crimping members and bottom portions of the recesses of the one of the crimping members. | 03-19-2015 |
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20100109220 | Substrate Holding Mechanism and Substrate Assembly Apparatus Including the Same - Object To provide a substrate assembly apparatus capable of simplifying a structure of the apparatus and performing appropriate detachment of a substrate constantly. | 05-06-2010 |
20100135751 | ROTATION INTRODUCTION MECHANISM, SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS, AND VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - There are provided a rotation introduction mechanism which transmits a rotating motion on the atmosphere side into vacuum, is arranged simply, has a low sliding resistance, and has a long life, a substrate transfer apparatus, a substrate transfer apparatus having a small pivot radius and generating a smaller amount of dusts, and a vacuum processing apparatus. A lubricant holding member is attached to a vacuum seal mechanism. The substrate transfer apparatus is arranged such that a first link mechanism includes a first arm and a fourth arm, a second link mechanism includes a second arm and a third arm, the first arm is fixedly attached to a first drive shaft, the first arm is fixedly attached to a second drive shaft, the third arm is rotatably attached to the first drive shaft, and the fourth arm is rotatably attached to the second drive shaft. The vacuum processing apparatus includes the substrate transfer apparatus. | 06-03-2010 |
20110062641 | STAGE EQUIPPED WITH ALIGNMENT FUNCTION, PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING THE STAGE EQUIPPED WITH ALIGNMENT FUNCTION, AND METHOD OF ALIGNING SUBSTRATE - There is provided an inexpensive stage which is equipped with an alignment function and is capable of easily performing high-accuracy alignment especially in a θ direction even in case an object to be processed is large in weight. The stage equipped with an alignment function has a stage main body for holding a substrate while leaving a processing surface thereof open to access. The stage is provided with: a suction means capable of sucking that surface of the substrate which lies opposite to the processing surface; a gas supply means for supplying a gas to such a region of the substrate as is other than a portion sucked by the suction means; and a drive means to give a rotating force to the suction means so that the substrate can be rotated on the same plane by causing the suction means to serve as the center of rotation. | 03-17-2011 |
20110227294 | Seal Mechanism and Treatment Apparatus - [Object] To provide a seal mechanism that reduces a maintenance frequency for replenishment of a lubricating material and has small friction resistance, and a treatment apparatus equipped with the seal mechanism.
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20120025054 | HOLDING APPARATUS, CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND ROTATION-TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A holding apparatus, a conveying apparatus, and a rotation-transmitting apparatus are provided that are capable of holding an object in a tiltable manner. A conveying apparatus according to one form of the present invention includes a pad supported by a supporting member on a hand. A concave portion is formed on the pad, and by the concave portion engaging with the supporting member fixed to the hand, a pad is supported in a tiltable manner. A conveying object is held by an adhesive layer of the pad adhering thereto. By tilting with respect to the hand , the pad follows the shape or vibration of the conveying object, with the result that the conveying object can be conveyed stably. | 02-02-2012 |
20120114456 | HOLDING APPARATUS, CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND ROTATION-TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A holding apparatus, a conveying apparatus, and a rotation-transmitting apparatus are provided that are capable of stably holding an object while suppressing an influence of a change in shape of the object and a fluctuation of a holding form. A conveying apparatus according to one form of the present invention includes a hand and a holding body provided on the hand. The holding body includes a holding member that includes a holding surface that comes into close contact with a holding object, the holding member being capable of holding a conveying object on the holding surface, and a viscoelastic member that is formed of a viscoelastic material and bonds the hand to the holding member. By the viscoelastic member being elastically deformed and the entire surface of the holding member being brought into close contact with the holding object, the conveying apparatus is capable of holding the conveying object on the hand. | 05-10-2012 |
20130129462 | Substrate Conveyance Method and Substrate Conveyance System - [Object] To provide a wafer conveyance method and a wafer conveyance system that are able to quickly transfer a wafer without losing positional accuracy. | 05-23-2013 |
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20100052664 | MAGNETIC ROTATIONAL-ANGLE DETECTOR - The present invention provides a magnetic rotational-angle detector capable of detecting a position and a rotational angle of a rotating member with excellent accuracy. The magnetic rotational-angle detector includes device arrays ( | 03-04-2010 |
20110049341 | OPTICAL ENCODER - Present invention provides an optical encoder capable of improving the precision of an interpolation angle in a single signal track, in an encoder of sine-wave angle interpolation type. The optical encoder includes a waveform, in which a phase-modulated wave is superimposed in a predetermined period over a sine-wave of a fundamental period, as a signal track ( | 03-03-2011 |
20130127457 | MAGNETIC SUBSTANCE DETECTION DEVICE - The invention is related to a magnetic substance detection device for detecting a magnetic substance, including: a magnetoresistive sensor arranged in the middle of a movement path of the magnetic substance; and a lower magnet in which a south pole and a north pole are arrayed along the movement direction of the magnetic substance; and a upper magnet in which a north pole and a south pole are arrayed along the movement direction of the magnetic substance. The lower and upper magnets are arranged with the movement path of the magnetic substance interposed so that the south pole of the lower magnet and the north pole of the upper magnet are opposed to each other, and the north pole of the lower magnet and the south pole of the upper magnet are opposed to each other, whereby the magnetic substance can be detected with high accuracy. | 05-23-2013 |
20130200885 | ROTATION-ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE - A detection track includes a first detection element group that includes a plurality of first magnetic resistance elements arranged at a pitch λ/(2n) when an order to cancel target harmonic components among a plurality of harmonic components superimposed on a fundamental component of a detection signal for multi-pole magnetic pattern is assumed as n, and a second detection element group that includes a plurality of second magnetic resistance elements arranged at the pitch λ/(2n), a plurality of first dummy magnetic resistance elements arranged among the first magnetic resistance elements, and a plurality of second dummy magnetic resistance elements arranged among the second magnetic resistance elements. Pitches between adjacent magnetic resistance elements among the first magnetic resistance elements and the first dummy magnetic resistance element are equivalent to one another, and pitches between adjacent magnetic resistance elements among the second magnetic resistance elements and the second dummy magnetic resistance element are equivalent to one another. | 08-08-2013 |
20130320201 | OPTICAL ENCODER - An optical encoder includes: an optical scale having periodical optical patterns and can be relatively and angularly displaced; a projector for irradiating the optical scale with light; a light receiver for receiving light from the optical scale; and a calculator for calculating an absolute rotation angle θ of the optical scale in accordance with a signal from the light receiver. The optical patterns include a plurality of light shielding portions and a plurality of light transmitting portions, each of the portions being located alternately. When a pitch of an n-th light shielding portion in a predetermined circumferential direction is denoted by Pn and a width of the n-th light shielding portion is denoted by Wn, a transmissivity T(θn) corresponding to an angle θn of the n-th light shielding portion and the pitch Pn of the light shielding portion satisfy predetermined equations, and the width Wn of the light shielding portion in the optical pattern varies in accordance with a function of the pitch Pn of the light shielding portion. | 12-05-2013 |
20140028308 | MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICE - A magnetic sensor device includes a first magnet and a second magnet that are disposed on mutually opposing sides of a conveyance path, and one of poles of the first magnet faces an opposite pole of the second magnet. The first magnet and the second magnet generate a cross magnetic field whose strength in a spacing direction, which is orthogonal to a conveying direction, is within a predetermined range. An AMR element is located in a magnetic field in which the strength of the cross magnetic field in the spacing direction is within a predetermined range, and detects, as change in a resistance value, change in the cross magnetic field caused by an object to be detected. A multilayer board outputs the change in the resistance value detected by the AMR element to a processing circuit. | 01-30-2014 |
20150338245 | ROTATION NUMBER DETECTOR - A rotation number detector according to an embodiment is a rotation number detector that detects the number of rotations of a magnet attached to a rotating body by using a power generation unit. The power generation unit includes N (N is a natural number equal to or larger than 1) power generation elements, each including a magnetic wire in which magnetization reversal occurs due to a large Barkhausen effect and a pickup coil that is wound around the magnetic wire. The magnetic wire is longer than a wound portion of the pickup coil in an extension direction of the magnetic wire of the power generation elements. The magnetic wire is set above a rotation center of the magnet. | 11-26-2015 |
20160025516 | MAGNETIC ENCODER - To provide a magnetic encoder in which a base material has a ring-shaped body portion into which a rotation axis is inserted when a magnetic drum is mounted on a rotation axis, and an engagement convex portion provided so as to project over a whole circumference of an outer periphery of the body portion. The body portion has a centering track provided in a part of the outer periphery of the body portion over the whole circumference as a reference of circular runout tolerance on an outer periphery of a magnet. The engagement convex portion has a constricted portion projecting from the outer periphery of the body portion, and a cylindrical portion extending in an axial direction of the body portion from a tip end of the constricted portion. The magnet surrounds the engagement convex portion so as to wrap around to a gap between the cylindrical portion and the body portion, and exposes the centering track without covering the centering track. | 01-28-2016 |
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20090066544 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - For providing a user a plural number of trans-coding services with using a plural number of trans-coding services, at high speed, within a home network environment, an information processing apparatus is provided with a function of providing a list of formats, on which format conversion can be made, to a home server, and a function of managing the format conversion processes with using process identifiers, which are shared in common with the server and the information processing apparatus, each of the process identifiers being tied with information of a format conversion method, wherein the format conversion is executed upon a part of contents divided within the home server, following the process identifier designated by the home server, to grasp performances of the information processing apparatuses by measuring throughput per a unit time in the format conversion, and an adjustment is made on an amount of data to be transferred from the home server to the information processing apparatus in the next time, thereby enabling high speed processing of the format conversions. | 03-12-2009 |
20090304072 | BIT RATE CONVERTER AND BIT RATE CONVERSION METHOD - A bit rate converter for converting a first encoded animation image data to a second animation image data, having a different bit rate. The converter stores an assessment value indicating the importance level within each reproduction time interval with respect to the first animation image data. Second animation image data is generated by arithmetically determining the bit rate of the second animation image data on the basis of the bit rate information on the first animation image data and the assessment value indicating the importance level within a preselected time interval with respect to the first animation image data. Accordingly, a larger amount of code is preferentially allocated to the time interval having an assessment value of higher importance level. | 12-10-2009 |
20100333148 | WIRELESS VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, CONTENT BIT RATE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING CONTENT BIT RATE CONTROL PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - A buffer monitoring section of the display device monitors a usage status of a buffer for storing video data, and transmits this usage status information to the tuner device. A remaining buffer time estimation section estimates a remaining time of video data within the buffer based on the usage status information of the buffer. A wireless bandwidth estimation section estimates the wireless bandwidth between the tuner device and the display device. A content bit rate control section controls a content bit rate of video data transmitted to the display device based on the estimated remaining time and wireless bandwidth of the video data. A content bit rate converting section changes the content bit rate of video data, and transmits the video data from the tuner device to the display device. | 12-30-2010 |
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20120281800 | Method of Checking Installed State of Jet Pump Beam - A jet pump beam (hereinafter, referred to as a beam) is fitted into a pair of projecting portions installed to a transition piece, and after the beam is arched, a beam bolt engaged with the beam is tightened. An end of the beam bolt comes in contact with a top surface of an insert member fitted into an elbow disposed between the pair of projecting portions. An ultrasonic sensor head is fixed to the beam bolt, and ultrasonic waves are sent to the beam bolt from the ultrasonic sensor in the ultrasonic sensor head. An ultrasonic measuring apparatus obtains echo intensity of each of reflected waves generated at the end of the beam bolt and a bottom surface of the insert member, and based on the echo intensities, an echo intensity ratio R is calculated. The installed state of the beam is checked using the echo intensity ratio R. | 11-08-2012 |
20120291554 | Heat-Resistant Ultrasonic Sensor and Installation Method Thereof - A heat-resistant ultrasonic sensor forms a piezo-electric ceramics film with a thickness of 0.5 mm or smaller and a Curie point of 200° C. or higher on a flexible metal plate. A thin metal film that is an electrode is attached to a top surface of the piezo-electric ceramics film and a metal wire mesh covers the thin metal film and is attached to a top surface of the thin metal film. A core of a heat-resistant coaxial cable is connected to the metal wire mesh at a connection point. The heat-resistant coaxial cable is fixed to the thin metal plate with a metal fixing member that is a ground portion. An electric insulating cover is attached to the thin metal plate and covers the piezo-electric ceramics film, the thin metal film, the metal wire mesh, the connection point, the fixing member, and the core of the coaxial cable. | 11-22-2012 |
20130174637 | Ultrasonic Reactor Water Level Measuring Device and Evaluation Method - An ultrasonic reactor water level measuring device and an evaluation method are provided and prevent a reduction in the measurement accuracy of a water level that is in a wide measurement range. The ultrasonic reactor water level measuring device includes an upper tube extending from a gas phase portion in a reactor, a lower tube extending from a liquid phase portion in the reactor, measurement tubes connected to each other and arranged at multiple stages between the upper tube and the lower tube, and units for generating and receiving ultrasonic waves, the units being arranged at bottom portions of the measurement tubes. The ultrasonic reactor water level measuring device measures levels of water within the measurement tubes and calculates a water level within the reactor from the sum of the measured water levels, the sum excluding an overlapped part of the measurement tubes. | 07-11-2013 |
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20110167251 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus including an apparatus body and a system control apparatus. The apparatus body includes a first processing unit that executes an arithmetic operation; a first storage unit that stores configuration information of the first processing unit; and a first control unit that controls a readout of the configuration information. The system control apparatus includes a second storage unit that stores a program for controlling the system control apparatus and diagnosis procedures of the information processing apparatus; a second processing unit that reads the program and executes the program; and a second control unit that detects the first processing unit by reading the configuration information via the first control unit on the basis of the diagnosis procedures stored in the second storage unit simultaneously with the execution of the program by the second processing unit. | 07-07-2011 |
20110231641 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF STARTING INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information-processing apparatus includes a main system that presents a function as the information-processing apparatus and has a function of acquiring time information from a time server, and a subsystem managing the main system. The main system starts up in start mode which is either an ordinary-start mode or a specified mode provided to acquire the synchronized time information from the time server based on a start-mode instruction issued from the subsystem. The subsystem starts up the main system in the specified mode when starting the main system being at rest, wherein the subsystem revises management-system time obtained from a clock device, which is controlled by the subsystem, based on the synchronized time information acquired through the main system started in the specified mode, and restarts the main system in the ordinary-start mode by determining the revised management-system time to be initial time used to start the main system. | 09-22-2011 |
20130238884 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MEMORY DUMP PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MEMORY DUMP METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: a boot processing unit configured to perform a boot process performed in a prior stage that includes processes up to activation of an operating system program by using a first storage area of a storage apparatus; a storage area allocating unit configured to allocate a second storage area to the storage apparatus before the boot process is performed; and an output unit configured to output first storage area information, which is stored in the first storage area, to the second storage area when an abnormality occurs in the boot process. | 09-12-2013 |
20140149795 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD RELATING TO HARDWARE DIAGNOSIS - A disclosed apparatus includes a memory and circuitry that is configured to execute an operating system, and realize one or plural logical domains that provide a predetermined function as a computer and a hypervisor that manages the logical domain. The operating system is configured to: detect hardware to be diagnosed; upon detecting the hardware to be diagnosed, secure a memory area in the memory, which is used for diagnosis by the operating system; instruct a kernel of the operating system to ignore an error that will occur in the secured memory area; and output a diagnosis request that instructs to ignore the error and includes designation of the hardware to be diagnosed to the hypervisor. The hypervisor is configured to execute: upon receipt of the diagnosis request, perform a setting to ignore the error that will occur; and perform the diagnosis for the hardware. | 05-29-2014 |