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20100043225 | Method for producing wiring harness - In a first production process, firstly, a flat corrugate tube | 02-25-2010 |
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20130008710 | WIRING HARNESS - There is provided a wiring harness able to increase flexibility of a production process, to improve workability, and to save weight. | 01-10-2013 |
20130008711 | WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A wire harness and a method for making the wire harness is provided which is capable of enhancing its occupancy in a pipe member and being wired receding from the ground as much as possible. The pipe member | 01-10-2013 |
20130068518 | BRAIDED SHIELD MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF BRAIDED SHIELD MEMBER, AND WIRE HARNESS - Provided are a braided shield member, a manufacturing method of a braided shield member and a wire harness which make it possible to demonstrate shielding performance sufficiently. The braided shield member constituting the wire harness includes a tubular body part and a tubular terminal part. The braided shield member is formed so that the terminal part is formed in a two-folded structure of an outside terminal part and an inside terminal part. Further, the braided shield member is formed so that metal wires are in a loose state inside stitches of the outside terminal part. | 03-21-2013 |
20140131062 | WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING SHAPE THEREOF - A wire harness includes a conduction path, and a flexible sheathing member through which the conduction path passes and which has recessed sections and protruded sections. The recessed sections and the protruded sections extend in a circumferential direction on the surface of the sheathing member and are formed alternately along a longitudinal direction of the sheathing member. A curing-type adhesive or resin containing the adhesive is supplied to the recessed sections of a bent part which is formed when the wire harness is bent, and cured while the bent part is maintained in a bent shape. | 05-15-2014 |
20140151115 | WIRE HARNESS - Provided is a wire harness that can keep an sheathing member in a desired shape. The wire harness is provided with the following: a corrugated tube ( | 06-05-2014 |
20140174784 | WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness for which an exterior member can be maintained in a desired shape is provided. A flexible, tubular corrugated tube ( | 06-26-2014 |
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20090148357 | APPARATUS AND CATALYST FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GAS - Use of a metallic material containing chromium as a substrate of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst has a problem that the chromium contained in the substrate migrates to a catalytically active component and reacts with the catalytically active component to reduce exhaust gas purification performance. Thus, a film which inhibits the chromium contained in the substrate from migrating is arranged on the substrate's surface. The film is desirably formed by oxidizing a substrate in the air. It is also desirable that a substrate containing aluminum therein be oxidized to cause aluminum contained in the substrate to separate out and thereby form an alpha-alumina film. The film is preferably such that, when the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is heated at 850° C. in the air for 300 hours, the amount of chromium migrated to the catalytically active component is controlled to 0.5 percent by weight or less based on the catalytically active component. | 06-11-2009 |
20090263304 | CATALYST FOR REMOVAL OF NITROGEN OXIDE AND METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF NITROGEN OXIDE - A porous material having fine holes with controlled diameters and a catalyst having an active ingredient supported in the fine holes in the porous material are used. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the diameter of the plurality of fine holes is within a range of 8 to 9 Å. The fine hole diameter is preferably from 8 to 9 Å when the diameter is measured in a gas adsorption method in which fine holes with diameters of 3.4 to 14 Å can be measured. The fine hole diameter is also preferably from 8 to 9 Å when the fine hole diameter is calculated from a crystal structure. According to a second embodiment of the invention, the porous material is mesoporous silica. The primary particle diameter of the mesoporous silica is preferably within a range of 150 to 300 nm. | 10-22-2009 |
20110070140 | CATALYST FOR REMOVAL OF NITROGEN OXIDE AND METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF NITROGEN OXIDE - A nitrogen oxide removing catalyst has a porous material having fine holes with controlled diameters and a catalyst having an active ingredient supported in the fine holes are used. In one instance, the diameter of the plurality of fine holes is within a range of 8-9 Å. The fine hole diameter is preferably from 8-9 Å when the diameter is measured in a gas adsorption method in which fine holes with diameters of 3.4-14 Å can be measured. The fine hole diameter is also preferably from 8-9 Å when the fine hole diameter is calculated from a crystal structure. In another instance, the porous material is mesoporous silica. The primary particle diameter of the mesoporous silica is preferably within a range of 150-300 nm. The nitrogen oxide removing catalyst having superior durability and a method of removing nitrogen oxides are also provided. | 03-24-2011 |
20110268242 | Hydrogen and Oxygen Recombination Catalyst, Recombination Apparatus, and Nuclear Plant - A recombination apparatus is provided to an off-gas system of a boiling water nuclear plant. An off-gas system pipe connected to a condenser is connected to the recombination apparatus. A catalyst layer filled with a catalyst for recombining hydrogen and oxygen is disposed in the recombination apparatus. The recombination catalyst has a percentage of the number of Pt particles whose diameters are in a range from more than 1 nm to not more than 3 nm to the numbers of Pt particles whose diameters are in a range from more than 0 nm to not more than 20 nm, falling within a range from 20 to 100%. The condenser discharges gas containing an organosilicon compound (ex. D5), hydrogen, and oxygen, which is introduced to the recombination apparatus. Use of the above recombination catalyst can improve the performance of recombining hydrogen and oxygen more than conventional catalysts and the initial performance of the catalyst can be maintained for a longer period of time. | 11-03-2011 |
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20100020220 | Imaging apparatus - Light from an object is converted by an imaging device into an electric signal carrying an object image. A video signal is generated by a video signal processor based on the electric signal. A human face is detected by a face detector if a human is contained in the image, based on the video signal. An on-screen signal is generated by an on-screen generator for either a first or a second menu window each for use in selection among imaging modes. The first and second windows are used when no face and the face is being detected, respectively. The on-screen signal is supplied to a screen which displays one of the windows. The generator is controlled by a controller based on information, supplied by the detector, indicating whether the face is contained in the image, so that the on-screen signal is generated for the first or the second window. | 01-28-2010 |
20110228138 | FOCUS-ADJUSTMENT SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD, WITH MANUAL FOCUS ADJUSTMENTS - A focus-adjustment signal generating apparatus includes a filter to extract a high-frequency component at a specific frequency or higher from a luminance signal of an input video signal, a comparator to compare an absolute value of the high-frequency component with a specific reference value, to output a first detection signal when the absolute value is equal to or larger than the reference value whereas a second detection signal when the absolute value is smaller than the reference value, an extender to extend an output period of the first detection signal according to a period indicated by a period-length setting signal, to output an extended first detection signal, and a selector to select a first chrominance difference signal indicating a specific color in response to the extended first detection signal whereas a second chrominance difference signal indicating an achromatic color in response to the second detection signal, the first or the second chrominance difference signal being output as a focus-adjustment signal. | 09-22-2011 |
20120293672 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE SHAKE CORRECTION METHOD - A system controller sets an optical correction ratio, which is a distribution ratio in which a shake angle detected by a gyro sensor is distributed to optical shake correction, in accordance with an optical zoom magnification and controls a prism driver to correct the shake angle multiplied by the optical correction ratio by the optical shake correction, and also controls a read controller to correct the rest of the angle by electronic shake correction. | 11-22-2012 |
20150092068 | Image Pickup Apparatus and Image Shake Correction Method - A system controller sets an optical correction ratio, which is a distribution ratio in which a shake angle detected by a gyro sensor is distributed to optical shake correction, in accordance with an optical zoom magnification and controls a prism driver to correct the shake angle multiplied by the optical correction ratio by the optical shake correction, and also controls a read controller to correct the rest of the angle by electronic shake correction. | 04-02-2015 |
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20140239904 | COMPACT STRUCTURE OF BATTERY UNIT - A battery unit is provided which includes a storage case, a battery, a control board, and a pressing mechanism. The battery is disposed in the storage case and pressed by the pressing mechanism against the bottom of the storage case. The control board has mounted thereon electronic components to control charging or discharging of the battery and is located above the battery within the storage case. The pressing mechanism is disposed next to the control board without any physical interference with each other. Such a layout of the pressing mechanism and the control board permits the battery unit to be reduced in size thereof. | 08-28-2014 |
20140242427 | STRUCTURE OF BATTERY UNIT SUITABLE FOR INSTALLATION OF WATER DAMAGE SENSOR - A battery unit is provided which includes a control board, a storage case, a water detector, and an electrical conductor. The storage case is made of an assembly of a first and a second casing member. The first casing member has an upright wall which extends from the bottom thereof and surrounds the battery. The second casing member also has an extension which extends toward the bottom of the first casing member. The water detector is located close to the lower end of the extension of the second casing member. The electric conductor extends upward from the upper end of the extension and are electrically joined to the water detector. The electric conductor is also mechanically and electrically joined to the control board. This structure facilitates the ease with which the water detector is installed electrically and mechanically in the battery unit. | 08-28-2014 |
20140242438 | LIGHTWEIGHT AND RIGID STRUCTURE OF BATTERY UNIT - A battery unit is provided which includes a battery and a storage case in which the battery is mounted. The storage case is made up of a base, a cover, and an intermediate case. The cover is jointed to the base with an interspace therebetween. The intermediate case is disposed between the cover and the base and has a peripheral wall which occupies the interspace. The intermediate case is lower in stiffness than the cover and the base, thereby realizing a lightweight structure of the storage case without sacrificing the mechanical strength thereof. | 08-28-2014 |
20140370366 | STRUCTURE OF BATTERY UNIT - A battery unit is provided which includes a battery made of a stack of a plurality of cells each of which is equipped with electrode tabs serving as a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The electrode tabs are broken down into first electrode tabs and second electrode tabs. The first electrode tabs are the electrode tabs of every adjacent two of the cells which are joined together through a weld. The second electrode tabs are the electrode tabs of the cells each of which is joined to a bus bar through a weld without being connected to any of the electrode tabs. The first and second electrode tabs each have a bent portion which lies between a body of the cell and the weld and works as a vibration absorber to ensure the stability in forming the weld during a welding operation. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370367 | STRUCTURE OF BATTERY UNIT - A battery unit is provided which includes a battery made of a stack of a plurality of cells each of which is equipped with electrode tabs serving as a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The electrode tabs each have a bent portion which lies between a body of the cell and a joint of the electrode tab to a bus bar. The bent portion is so geometrically shaped as to function as a stress absorber to minimize a mechanical stress which arises from oscillation of or thermal shock on the battery. | 12-18-2014 |
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20090114245 | IN-SITU CHAMBER CLEANING METHOD - An in-situ chamber cleaning method is performed in a chamber having a gas-distributing member, wherein the gas-distributing member comprises a plurality of apertures. A cleaning gas flow is provided through some of the apertures into the chamber while no cleaning gas flow is provided through the remaining apertures. The cleaning gas flow is ionized such that ionized cleaning gas radicals are used to clean the chamber. | 05-07-2009 |
20100024840 | CHAMBER PLASMA-CLEANING PROCESS SCHEME - A method for plasma-cleaning a chamber in a process tool is described. A substrate is placed on a chuck in a process chamber having a set of contaminants therein. A plasma process is executed in the process chamber to transfer the set of contaminants to the top surface of the substrate. The substrate, having the set of contaminants thereon, is removed from the process chamber. | 02-04-2010 |
20100273318 | SUBSTRATE PRETREATMENT FOR SUBSEQUENT HIGH TEMPERATURE GROUP III DEPOSITIONS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatus and method for pretreatment of substrates for manufacturing devices such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) or laser diodes (LDs). One embodiment of the present invention comprises pre-treating the aluminum oxide containing substrate by exposing a surface of the aluminum oxide containing substrate to a pretreatment gas mixture, wherein the pretreatment gas mixture comprises ammonia (NH | 10-28-2010 |
20100279020 | METHOD OF FORMING IN-SITU PRE-GaN DEPOSITION LAYER IN HVPE - A method and apparatus is provided for preparing a substrate for forming electronic devices incorporating III/V compound semiconductors. Elemental halogen gases, hydrogen halide gases, or other halogen or halide gases, are contacted with liquid or solid group III metals to form precursors which are reacted with nitrogen sources to deposit a nitride buffer layer on the substrate. The buffer layer, which may be a transition layer, may incorporate more than one group III metal, and may be deposited with amorphous or crystalline morphology. An amorphous layer may be partially or fully recrystallized by thermal treatment. Instead of a layer, a plurality of discrete nucleation sites may be formed, whose size, density, and distribution may be controlled. The nitrogen source may include reactive nitrogen compounds as well as active nitrogen from a remote plasma source. The composition of the buffer or transition layer may also vary with depth according to a desired profile. | 11-04-2010 |
20110012109 | METHOD OF FORMING A GROUP III-NITRIDE CRYSTALLINE FILM ON A PATTERNED SUBSTRATE BY HYDRIDE VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY (HVPE) - A method of depositing a high quality low defect single crystalline Group III-Nitride film. A patterned substrate having a plurality of features with inclined sidewalls separated by spaces is provided. A Group III-Nitride film is deposited by a hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) process over the patterned substrate. The HVPE deposition process forms a Group III-Nitride film having a first crystal orientation in the spaces between features and a second different crystal orientation on the inclined sidewalls. The first crystal orientation in the spaces subsequently overgrows the second crystal orientation on the sidewalls and in the process turns over and terminates treading dislocations formed in the first crystal orientation. | 01-20-2011 |
20110140071 | NANO-SPHERICAL GROUP III-NITRIDE MATERIALS - Nano-spherical group III-nitride materials and methods of forming nano-spherical group III-nitride materials are described. Also described is a 1-dimensional LED or similar device formed from a single nano-rod of a nano-spherical group III-nitride material. | 06-16-2011 |
20110263111 | GROUP III-NITRIDE N-TYPE DOPING - Group III-nitride N-type doping techniques are described. | 10-27-2011 |
20120156863 | SUBSTRATE PRETREATMENT FOR SUBSEQUENT HIGH TEMPERATURE GROUP III DEPOSITIONS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatus and method for pretreatment of substrates for manufacturing devices such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) or laser diodes (LDs). One embodiment of the present invention comprises pretreating the aluminum oxide containing substrate by exposing a surface of the aluminum oxide containing substrate to a pretreatment gas mixture, wherein the pretreatment gas mixture comprises ammonia (NH | 06-21-2012 |
20120235116 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE WITH ENHANCED QUANTUM EFFICIENCY AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - One embodiment of a quantum well structure comprises an active region including active layers that comprise quantum wells and barrier layers wherein some or all of the active layers are p type doped. P type doping some or all of the active layers improves the quantum efficiency of III-V compound semiconductor light emitting diodes by locating the position of the P-N junction in the active region of the device thereby enabling the dominant radiative recombination to occur within the active region. In one embodiment, the quantum well structure is fabricated in a cluster tool having a hydride vapor phase epitaxial (HVPE) deposition chamber with a eutectic source alloy. In one embodiment, the indium gallium nitride (InGaN) layer and the magnesium doped gallium nitride (Mg—GaN) or magnesium doped aluminum gallium nitride (Mg—AlGaN) layer are grown in separate chambers by a cluster tool to avoid indium and magnesium cross contamination. Doping of group III-nitrides by hydride vapor phase epitaxy using group III-metal eutectics is also described. In one embodiment, a source is provided for HVPE deposition of a p-type or an n-type group III-nitride epitaxial film, the source including a liquid phase mechanical (eutectic) mixture with a group III species. In one embodiment, a method is provided for performing HVPE deposition of a p-type or an n-type group III-nitride epitaxial film, the method including using a liquid phase mechanical (eutectic) mixture with a group III species. | 09-20-2012 |
20120291698 | METHODS FOR IMPROVED GROWTH OF GROUP III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOUNDS - Methods are disclosed for growing group III-nitride semiconductor compounds with advanced buffer layer technique. In an embodiment, a method includes providing a suitable substrate in a processing chamber of a hydride vapor phase epitaxy processing system. The method includes forming an AlN buffer layer by flowing an ammonia gas into a growth zone of the processing chamber, flowing an aluminum halide containing precursor to the growth zone and at the same time flowing additional hydrogen halide or halogen gas into the growth zone of the processing chamber. The additional hydrogen halide or halogen gas that is flowed into the growth zone during buffer layer deposition suppresses homogeneous AlN particle formation. The hydrogen halide or halogen gas may continue flowing for a time period while the flow of the aluminum halide containing precursor is turned off. | 11-22-2012 |
20120295418 | METHODS FOR IMPROVED GROWTH OF GROUP III NITRIDE BUFFER LAYERS - Methods are disclosed for growing high crystal quality group III-nitride epitaxial layers with advanced multiple buffer layer techniques. In an embodiment, a method includes forming group III-nitride buffer layers that contain aluminum on suitable substrate in a processing chamber of a hydride vapor phase epitaxy processing system. A hydrogen halide or halogen gas is flowing into the growth zone during deposition of buffer layers to suppress homogeneous particle formation. Some combinations of low temperature buffers that contain aluminum (e.g., AlN, AlGaN) and high temperature buffers that contain aluminum (e.g., AlN, AlGaN) may be used to improve crystal quality and morphology of subsequently grown group III-nitride epitaxial layers. The buffer may be deposited on the substrate, or on the surface of another buffer. The additional buffer layers may be added as interlayers in group III-nitride layers (e.g., GaN, AlGaN, AlN). | 11-22-2012 |
20120295428 | METHODS FOR PRETREATMENT OF GROUP III-NITRIDE DEPOSITIONS - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods for pretreatment of substrates and group III-nitride layers for manufacturing devices such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), laser diodes (LDs) or power electronic devices. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method including providing one or more substrates having an aluminum containing surface in a processing chamber and exposing a surface of each of the one or more substrates having an aluminum containing surface to a pretreatment gas mixture to form a pretreated surface. The pretreatment gas mixture includes ammonia (NH | 11-22-2012 |
20130320353 | METHOD OF FORMING A GROUP III-NITRIDE CRYSTALLINE FILM ON A PATTERNED SUBSTRATE BY HYDRIDE VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY (HVPE) - A method of depositing a high quality low defect single crystalline Group III-Nitride film. A patterned substrate having a plurality of features with inclined sidewalls separated by spaces is provided. A Group III-Nitride film is deposited by a hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) process over the patterned substrate. The HVPE deposition process forms a Group III-Nitride film having a first crystal orientation in the spaces between features and a second different crystal orientation on the inclined sidewalls. The first crystal orientation in the spaces subsequently overgrows the second crystal orientation on the sidewalls and in the process turns over and terminates treading dislocations formed in the first crystal orientation. | 12-05-2013 |
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20100078607 | NON-RESONANT TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION RECORDING MATERIAL AND NON-RESONANT TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION COMPOUND - There is provided a non-resonant two-photon absorption recording material including (a) a non-resonant two-photon absorption compound; and (b) a recording component capable of changing at least either one of a refractive index and a fluorescent intensity. The non-resonant two-photon absorption compound (a) is represented by the following formula (1): | 04-01-2010 |
20130100791 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD - An optical information recording medium includes: a recording layer | 04-25-2013 |
20130121123 | METHOD FOR RECORDING ON AND READING OUT FROM OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Recording and reading method for optical information recording medium comprising: recording layer having thickness not less than 2λ/n, where λ is wavelength of recording beam and n is refractive index of the recording layer, and configured to undergo a change in the refractive index by irradiation with the recording beam; and adjacent layer adjacent to the recording layer at a side opposite to an incident side, comprises the steps of: recording a recording spot by irradiating with the recording beam, while shifting focal position by offset amount d, which satisfies ω | 05-16-2013 |
20130128710 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Optical information recording medium comprises: a plurality of recording layers | 05-23-2013 |
20130189494 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical information recording medium comprises a plurality of recording layers, and intermediate layers provided between the plurality of recording layers. The optical information recording medium has a recess for use in tracking, in a layer which is provided in a position farther, than the plurality of recording layers, from a light-incident side on which a beam emitted for recording/reading enters. A depth D of the recess is λ/4n where λ is a wavelength of the beam emitted for recording/reading, n is a refractive index of a layer with which the recess is filled. | 07-25-2013 |
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20140029403 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING INFORMATION IN OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical information recording medium | 01-30-2014 |
20140120295 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURE SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM USING MULTILAYER STRUCTURE SHEET - A multilayer structure sheet for manufacturing an optical information recording medium having a multilayer structure with a plurality of recording layers is disclosed. The multilayer structure sheet comprises at least one unit structure in which a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, a recording layer, a recording layer support layer having a glass transition temperature higher than that of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, and a recording layer are laid one on top of another in this order, and a release sheet is attached to an outside of an outermost pressure sensitive adhesive layer. | 05-01-2014 |
20140153375 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AND RECORDING METHOD FOR OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical information recording medium comprises recording layers which include a polymer binder and a dye dispersed in the polymer binder or include a polymer to which a dye is bonded, and each recording layer has a refractive index unchangeable under irradiation with a recording beam, with first and second interfaces being defined between the recording layer and two intermediate layers adjacent thereto. Irradiation of a region of the recording layer adjacent to the first interface or a region of the recording layer adjacent to the second interface with the recording beam causes the dye to absorb the recording beam and generate heat which in turn deforms the polymer in the recording layer, forming a protrusive shape protruding into an intermediate layer at the first or second interface whereby information is recordable in separate information layers at both of the first and the second interfaces. | 06-05-2014 |
20140193601 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER STRUCTURE SHEET, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for manufacturing a multilayer structure sheet for manufacturing an optical information recording medium having a multilayer structure with a plurality of recording layers comprises: an adhesive layer forming step of forming an adhesive layer on a first release sheet to obtain a first sheet; a recording layer forming step of forming a recording layer containing a polymer on a second release sheet or a release assisting layer formed on the second release sheet to obtain a second sheet; a laminating step of laminating the recording layer of the second sheet on the adhesive layer of the first sheet to obtain a third sheet in which the second sheet is laid on the first sheet; and a heating step of heating the second sheet. | 07-10-2014 |
20150262607 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The object of the invention is to provide an optical information recording medium which excels in stability e.g., for preserving the properties during a long-term storage and which enables recording using a laser having a small peak power, and a method for manufacturing such an optical information recording medium. An optical information recording medium | 09-17-2015 |
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20160071538 | RECORDING MATERIAL AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording material includes a dye-bonded polymer compound which contains a polymer compound to which a one-photon absorption dye is bonded, and a glass transition temperature of the recording material is higher than 200° C. An optical information recording medium includes a recording layer and an intermediate layer adjacent to the recording layer, and the recording layer contains the above-described recording material. | 03-10-2016 |
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20150110840 | SKIN COSMETIC COMPOSITION - A skin cosmetic composition comprising the following components (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F):
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20150133550 | Emulsified Cosmetic Composition - An emulsified cosmetic composition comprising the following ingredients (A), (B), (C), and (D): (A) 0.1% by weight or more and 15% by weight or less of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a sphingosine or a salt thereof, a pseudo-sphingosine or a salt thereof, and an ionic surfactant, (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a monoglyceryl di-fatty acid ester and a sorbitan di-fatty acid ester, (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a ceramide, an alcohol having 12 to 22 carbon atoms, a monoglyceryl mono-C12 to C22 fatty acid ester, a mono-C12 to C22 alkyl glyceryl ether, and a sorbitan mono-C12 to C22 fatty acid ester, and (D) water, wherein in the ingredients (A), (B), and (C), (1) a weight ratio of (A)/((B)+(C)) is 0.04 or more and 1 or less, (2) a mole fraction of (B)/((B)+(C)) is 0.02 or more and 0.45 or less, and (3) a maximum mole fraction of one compound as a single component in the ingredient (B) and the ingredient (C) is 0.2 or more and 0.8 or less. | 05-14-2015 |
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20090250519 | CODE SYMBOL READING APPARATUS - A housing is mounted on a counter on which a basket for containing a commodity to be purchased is placed and is disposed at a position where it confronts an operator. A read window confronting a read area of a code symbol attached to a commodity is disposed on the front of the housing, and an image pickup section including a CCD area sensor having, as an image pickup area, a read area of the code symbol is incorporated at the back of the read window. An LED light source irradiates illuminating light for illuminating the code symbol, which is necessary for the area CCD sensor to take an image of the code symbol. The LED light source has an optical axis nonparallel to a read optical axis of the area image pickup device and guides the illuminating light to the read area from a position above the area image pickup device. | 10-08-2009 |
20100320273 | CODE SYMBOL SCANNING APPARATUS AND CODE SYMBOL SCANNING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code symbol scanning apparatus includes a line writing unit which overwrites image data scanned by an area image sensor, with a line pattern having a predetermined gradation value, a symbol area designating unit which designates an area of a code symbol that should be scanned from the image edited by the line writing unit, and a code symbol scanning unit which scans the code symbol in the image area designated by the symbol area designating unit. | 12-23-2010 |
20110139875 | SCANNER - A scanner according to an embodiment includes a housing, an imaging device provided in the housing, and a light source. The housing has an imaging window. The imaging window is sectioned by an upper side portion, a lower side portion, and a pair of side portions. The lower side portion is spaced apart from the upper side portion. The pair of side portions connect respective ends of the upper side portion and the lower side portion. The imaging device picks up, via the imaging window, an image of a reading target present in a reading area formed on the outer side of the housing through the imaging window and outputs image data of the reading target. The light source is located on the outer side of the reading area and arranged along each of the side portions of the housing and irradiates illumination light on the reading area. | 06-16-2011 |
20110180596 | CODE READING APPARATUS, SALES REGISTRATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CODE READING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code reading apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a first reading unit, a second reading unit and an information output unit. The image capturing unit captures an image picked up by an imaging unit . The first reading unit detects one of an image of a code symbol and an image of benefit indication from the image captured by the image capturing unit and reads commodity information corresponding to the code symbol or benefit information corresponding to the benefit indication from the detected image. The second reading unit causes, for a predetermined time after the first reading unit reads the information, until the first reading unit detects the other image not detected yet, the image capturing unit to capture the image and reads, if the first reading unit detects the other image, one of the commodity information and the benefit information from the detected other image. The information output unit outputs the information read by the second reading unit together with the information read by the first reading unit. | 07-28-2011 |
20110220720 | CODE READING APPARATUS, SALES REGISTRATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CODE READING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code reading apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a determining unit, and a notifying unit. The image capturing unit captures an image picked up by an image pickup unit. The determining unit determines whether the image captured by the image capturing unit satisfies a condition for extracting code data from a code symbol. The notifying unit notifies, if the determining unit determines that the image does not satisfy the condition, a cause that prevents satisfaction of the condition or a method of improving the image pickup. | 09-15-2011 |
20110243446 | CODE READING APPARATUS, SALES REGISTERING APPARATUS, AND SALES REGISTERING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code reading apparatus includes a commodity-information reading unit, a commodity-information output unit, a benefit-information reading unit, and a benefit-information output unit. The commodity-information reading unit reads commodity information from a code symbol attached to a commodity. The commodity-information output unit outputs the commodity information read by the commodity-information reading unit. The benefit-information reading unit detects an image of benefit indication from an image imaged by an imaging unit and reads benefit information corresponding to the benefit indication from the detected image. The benefit-information output unit outputs the benefit information read by the benefit-information reading unit. | 10-06-2011 |
20110259952 | CHECKOUT TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a checkout terminal includes a lighting unit, a detection unit, a weighing unit, a reading unit, a determination unit, a storage control unit, and a lighting control unit. The lighting unit illuminates an article. The detection unit detects an article code from the article. The weighing unit measures a weight of the article. The reading unit reads out weight information and article information of the article. The determination unit determines whether or not the weight measured by the weighing unit is identical with the weight indicated by the weight information. The storage control unit stores the article information in a second storage unit, when it is determined by the determination unit that the weights are identical. The lighting control unit controls the lighting unit so as to be turned off when it is determined by the determination unit that the weights are not identical. | 10-27-2011 |
20120031974 | CODE SYMBOL READING APPARATUS - A housing is mounted on a counter on which a basket for containing a commodity to be purchased is placed and is disposed at a position where it confronts an operator. A read window confronting a read area of a code symbol attached to a commodity is disposed on the front of the housing, and an image pickup section including a CCD area sensor having, as an image pickup area, a read area of the code symbol is incorporated at the back of the read window. An LED light source irradiates illuminating light for illuminating the code symbol, which is necessary for the area CCD sensor to take an image of the code symbol. The LED light source has an optical axis nonparallel to a read optical axis of the area image pickup device and guides the illuminating light to the read area from a position above the area image pickup device. | 02-09-2012 |
20120273575 | SCANNER - A scanner according to an embodiment includes a housing, an imaging device provided in the housing, and a light source. The housing has an imaging window. The imaging window is sectioned by an upper side portion, a lower side portion, and a pair of side portions. The lower side portion is spaced apart from the upper side portion. The pair of side portions connect respective ends of the upper side portion and the lower side portion. The imaging device picks up, via the imaging window, an image of a reading target present in a reading area formed on the outer side of the housing through the imaging window and outputs image data of the reading target. The light source is located on the outer side of the reading area and arranged along each of the side portions of the housing and irradiates illumination light on the reading area. | 11-01-2012 |
20130141585 | CHECKOUT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING CHECKOUT SYSTEM - A checkout system of an embodiment of the present disclosure has an image pickup unit, a computing unit, a display control unit, a receiving unit, and a registering unit. The image pickup unit takes pictures of a commodity at a prescribed frame rate. The computing unit computes a similarity coefficient between standard images of each commodity and the acquired image to identify possible matches to the acquired image. The display control unit displays information corresponding to the candidate matches with a high similarity coefficient on a display unit. The similarity coefficient is determined on the basis of a comparison between images of the object acquired by the image pickup unit and a standard image. The receiving unit receives selection of the commodity information on the display unit. The registering unit executes a registration treatment according to the selected information. | 06-06-2013 |
20130221095 | CODE READING APPARATUS, SALES REGISTRATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CODE READING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code reading apparatus includes: an image capturing unit; a first reading unit detecting one of an image of a code symbol and an image of benefit indication from the image captured by an image capturing unit and reading commodity information corresponding to the code symbol or benefit information corresponding to the benefit indication from the detected image; a second reading unit causing, for a predetermined time after the first reading unit reads the information, until the first reading unit detects the other image not detected yet, the image capturing unit to capture the image and read, if the first reading unit detects the other image, one of the commodity information and the benefit information from the detected other image; and an information output unit outputting the information read by the second reading unit together with the information read by the first reading unit. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223680 | RECOGNITION SYSTEM, RECOGNITION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A recognition system includes an acquisition module configured to acquire an image data generated by an image sensor, a first generation module configured to generate a graphical user interface which contains the image data, and an input module configured to detect an input on the graphical user interface, the input indicating a position designation on the image data. The recognition system further includes a second generation module configured to overlap a frame-line on the image data of the graphical user interface based on the position designation detected by the input module, and a calculation module configured to calculate one or more feature values of an object image within the frame-line. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223682 | ARTICLE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND ARTICLE RECOGNITION METHOD - According to embodiments, an article recognition system is disclosed. The article recognition system comprises an image sensor configured to capture an image of an article, and a determining module configured to determine a value indicative of darkness of the captured image and compare the determined value with a reference value. The article recognition system further comprises a changing module configured to change the reference value when the determined value is less than the reference value, and an extracting module configured to identify the article on the basis of the captured image when the determined value is greater than the reference value. | 08-29-2013 |
20130236053 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to embodiments, an object identification system is disclosed. The object identification system comprises a dictionary file comprising multiple records, each record including: an object identification code, and one or more standard images, wherein each standard image is related to one of the object identification codes. The object identification system further comprises a computation module configured to calculate a similarity by comparing an image data produced by an image sensor with the standard images in each record, and an identification module configured to identify one or more of the object identification codes based on the calculated similarity. The object identification system further comprises a production module configured to produce a graphical user interface that displays each of one or more standard images that are related to one of the object identification codes specified by a user. | 09-12-2013 |
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