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20140235068 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes (a) loading a substrate having a silicon-containing film formed thereon into a process chamber; (b) supplying a gas into the process chamber from a gas supply unit until an inner pressure of the process chamber is equal to or greater than atmospheric pressure; and (c) supplying a process liquid from a process liquid supply unit to the substrate to oxidize the silicon-containing film. | 08-21-2014 |
20150132972 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A substrate processing apparatus includes: a reaction tube configured to accommodate a plurality of substrates and to be supplied with a gas generated by vaporizing or turning into mist a solution containing a reactant in a solvent; a lid configured to close the reaction tube; a first heater configured to heat the plurality of substrates; a thermal conductor placed on the lid on an upper surface thereof; a second heater placed outside the reaction tube around a side thereof, the second heater being configured to heat the gas flowing near the lid; and a heating element placed on the lid on a lower surface thereof, the heating element configured to heat the lid. | 05-14-2015 |
20150140835 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A substrate processing apparatus is disclosed. The substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber configured to accommodate a substrate; a gas supply unit configured to supply a process gas into the process chamber; a lid member configured to block an end portion opening of the process chamber; an end portion heating unit installed around a side wall of an end portion of the process chamber; and a thermal conductor installed on a surface of the lid member in an inner side of the process chamber, and configured to be heated by the end portion heating unit. | 05-21-2015 |
20150262817 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a substrate processing method, including: (a) loading a substrate into a processing vessel having a pre-baked film containing a silazane bond; (b) heating the substrate to a first temperature and supplying a process gas to the heated substrate; and (c) heating the substrate to which the process gas has been supplied, to a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature and less than or equal to a temperature at which the pre-bake has been performed. | 09-17-2015 |
20160002789 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber housing a substrate, a vaporizer which vaporizes processing liquid and supply processing gas into the processing chamber, a reserve tank storing the processing liquid, a line switching unit connected to the reserve tank, a tank supply pipe connected to the line switching unit and supplies the processing liquid to the reserve tank, an exhausting unit connected to the line switching unit and exhausts the processing liquid in the reserve tank, and a controlling unit which controls the line switching unit to exhaust the processing liquid for exhausting the processing liquid from the reserve tank to the exhausting unit and exhaust the processing liquid in the pipe for supplying the processing liquid from the tank supply pipe to the exhausting unit before and/or after supplying the processing liquid from the processing liquid supplying pipe to the reserve tank. | 01-07-2016 |
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20110129938 | L-FUCOSE ALPHA1-6 SPECIFIC LECTIN - Disclosed is a novel lectin which can bind specifically to an L-fucose α1→6 sugar chain. Also disclosed is use of the lectin. The L-fucose α1→6 specific lectin of the present invention is characterized in that: (1) the lectin is extracted from a basidiomycete or an ascomycete; (2) the lectin has a molecular weight by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of 4,000 to 40,000; and (3) the lectin has an affinity to an L-fucose α1→6 sugar chain, the affinity being represented by an association constant of 1.0×10 | 06-02-2011 |
20150111218 | CELL DIFFERENTIATION ASSAY METHOD, CELL ISOLATION METHOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIFFERENTIATED CELLS - Provided are a method for accurately evaluating the differentiation status of stem cells by selectively staining only stem cells in an undifferentiated state, and a method for positively isolating only stem cells in an undifferentiated state. Specifically provided is a method for determining differentiation of a cell comprising a step of contacting a test cell with a probe comprising protein (A) or (B) below and a step of detecting the presence of binding of the probe to the test cell. The method for determining differentiation of a cell is capable of detecting the presence or absence of an undifferentiated stem cell in test cells by using a probe that specifically reacts with undifferentiated stem cells and detecting the presence of bonding to the test cell. (A) A protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and recognizing a sugar chain structure of “Fucα1-2Galβ1-3GlcNAc” and/or “Fucα1-2Galβ1-3GalNAc;” and (B) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence showing 80% or more similarity to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and recognizing a sugar chain structure of “Fucα1-2Galβ1-3GlcNAc” and/or “Fucα1-2Galβ1-3GalNAc.” | 04-23-2015 |
20150204870 | UNDIFFERENTIATED CELL DETECTION METHOD AND COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE DETECTION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for evaluating a differentiation status of cells using a culture supernatant of stem cells. Provided is “undifferentiation sugar chain marker” composed of the sugar chain structure “Fucα1-2Galβ1-3GlcNAc” or “Fucα1-2Galβ1-3GalNAc” and capable of sensitively determining the undifferentiated state of stem cells using a culture supernatant of stem cells. Also found is BC2LCN lectin or a modified product thereof capable of sensitively recognizing the “undifferentiation sugar chain marker” as excellent “probe for detecting the undifferentiation sugar chain marker” capable of determining the undifferentiation status of cells using a culture supernatant. | 07-23-2015 |
20150376568 | UNDIFFERENTIATED CELL ELIMINATION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for introducing a target substance into undifferentiated cells, and a carrier therefor, whereby the target substance can be specifically introduced into the undifferentiated cells by contacting the undifferentiated cells with an rBC2LCN-target substance fusion product in which rBC2LCN lectin is fused to the target substance. Particularly, an rBC2LCN-toxin fusion product in which rBC2LCN lectin is fused to a toxin functioning in cells or its domain having the ability to kill cells functions as an agent for eliminating undifferentiated stem cells and can be administered into a medium after inducing the differentiation of the stem cells to reliably kill only the stem cells in an undifferentiated state. | 12-31-2015 |
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20100073366 | MODEL GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - To estimate a position and orientation of an image pickup device relative to an object to be observed, a model generation apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a depth image representing a distance between a certain point and an object to be observed per pixel with three-dimensional information representing a shape of the object to be observed, a point group generation unit configured to generate three-dimensional point group data representing the shape of the object to be observed based on the depth image, and a model generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional model representing the shape of the object to be observed as surface information based on the three-dimensional point group data. | 03-25-2010 |
20100086218 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A position and orientation measurement apparatus extracts a plurality of geometric feature based on geometric information of an observation object by drawing three-dimensional model data which represents a surface shape of the observation object. Further, the position and orientation measurement apparatus searches an image feature corresponding to the plurality of geometric feature in a reference image in which a position and orientation of an imaging apparatus relative to the observation object has been calculated and selects the geometric feature whose corresponding image feature is detected from the plurality of extracted geometric features. The position and orientation measurement apparatus calculates the position and orientation of the imaging apparatus relative to the observation object by associating the selected geometric feature with an image of the observation object in an input image. | 04-08-2010 |
20100289797 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A position and orientation estimation apparatus detects correspondence between a real image obtained by an imaging apparatus by imaging a target object to be observed and a rendered image. The rendered image is generated by projecting a three dimensional model onto an image plane based on three dimensional model data expressing the shape and surface information of the target object, and position and orientation information of the imaging apparatus. The position and orientation estimation apparatus then calculates a relative position and orientation of the imaging apparatus and the target object to be observed based on the correspondence. Then, the surface information of the three dimensional model data is updated by associating image information of the target object to be observed in the real image with the surface information of the three dimensional model data, based on the calculated positions and orientations. | 11-18-2010 |
20110206274 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND POSITION AND ORIENTATION ESTIMATION METHOD - A position and orientation estimation apparatus inputs an image capturing an object, inputs a distance image including three-dimensional coordinate data representing the object, extracts an image feature from the captured image, determines whether the image feature represents a shape of the object based on three-dimensional coordinate data at a position on the distance image corresponding to the image feature, correlates the image feature representing the shape of the object with a part of a three-dimensional model representing the shape of the object, and estimates the position and orientation of the object based on a correlation result. | 08-25-2011 |
20120148100 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT METHOD - A position and orientation measurement device includes a grayscale image input unit that inputs a grayscale image of an object, a distance image input unit that inputs a distance image of the object, an approximate position and orientation input unit that inputs an approximate position and orientation of the object with respect to the position and orientation measurement device, and a position and orientation calculator that updates the approximate position and orientation. The position and orientation calculator calculates a first position and orientation so that an object image on an image plane and a projection image of the three-dimensional shape model overlap each other, associates the three-dimensional shape model with the image features of the grayscale image and the distance image, and calculates a second position and orientation on the basis of a result of the association. | 06-14-2012 |
20130010070 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus configured to estimate a position and orientation of a measuring object using an imaging apparatus includes an approximate position and orientation input unit configured to input a relative approximate position and orientation between the imaging apparatus and the measuring object, a first position and orientation updating unit configured to update the approximate position and orientation by matching a three-dimensional shape model to a captured image, a position and orientation difference information input unit configured to calculate and acquire a position and orientation difference amount of the imaging apparatus relative to the measuring object having moved after the imaging apparatus has captured an image of the measuring object or after last position and orientation difference information has been acquired, and a second position and orientation updating unit configured to update the approximate position and orientation based on the position and orientation difference amount. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011018 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus which estimates a three-dimensional position-and-orientation of a measuring object using an imaging apparatus capable of capturing a two-dimensional image and a range image, includes a data storing unit configured to store verification data for estimating a position-and-orientation of a measuring object, a two-dimensional image input unit configured to input a two-dimensional image captured by the imaging apparatus in a first position-and-orientation, a range image input unit configured to input a range image captured by the imaging apparatus in a second position-and-orientation, a position-and-orientation information input unit configured to acquire position-and-orientation difference information which is relative position-and-orientation information in the first position-and-orientation and the second position-and-orientation, and a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the position-and-orientation difference information, a position-and-orientation of the measuring object so that the verification data for estimating the position-and-orientation matches the two-dimensional image and the range image. | 01-10-2013 |
20130076865 | POSITION/ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A position/orientation measurement apparatus holds a three-dimensional shape model of a object, acquires approximate value indicating a position and an orientation of the object, acquires a two-dimensional image of the object, projects a geometric feature of the three-dimensional shape model on the two-dimensional image based on the approximate value, calculates the direction of the geometric feature of the three-dimensional shape model projected on the two-dimensional image, detects an image feature based on the two-dimensional image, calculates the direction of the image feature, associates the image feature and the geometric feature by comparing the direction of the image feature calculated based on the two-dimensional image and the direction of the geometric feature calculated based on the three-dimensional shape model, and calculates the position and orientation of the object by correcting the approximate value based on the distance between the geometric feature and the image feature associated therewith. | 03-28-2013 |
20130127998 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A measurement apparatus includes a projection unit configured to project pattern light onto an object to be measured, an imaging unit configured to capture an image of the object to be measured on which the pattern light is projected to acquire a captured image of the object to be measured, a measurement unit configured to measure a position and/or orientation of the object to be measured on the basis of the captured image, a position and orientation of the projection unit, and a position and orientation of the imaging unit, a setting unit configured to set identification resolution of the pattern light using a range of variation in the position and/or orientation of the object to be measured; and a change unit configured to change a pattern shape of the pattern light in accordance with the identification resolution. | 05-23-2013 |
20130230235 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a three-dimensional model storage unit configured to store data of a three-dimensional model that describes a geometric feature of an object, a two-dimensional image input unit configured to input a two-dimensional image in which the object is imaged, a range image input unit configured to input a range image in which the object is imaged, an image feature detection unit configured to detect an image feature from the two-dimensional image input from the two-dimensional image input unit, an image feature three-dimensional information calculation unit configured to calculate three-dimensional coordinates corresponding to the image feature from the range image input from the range image input unit, and a model fitting unit configured to fit the three-dimensional model into the three-dimensional coordinates of the image feature. | 09-05-2013 |
20130245828 | MODEL GENERATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MODEL GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A three-dimensional shape model of a target object is input. A position and orientation of at least one image sensing device used to capture an image of the target object is set so as to virtually set a relative position and orientation between the target object and the image sensing device for the three-dimensional shape model of the target object. At least one position and orientation of the image sensing device is selected. Geometric features are grouped based on a relationship between an image to be obtained at the selected position and orientation of the image sensing device and the geometric features of the three-dimensional shape model. | 09-19-2013 |
20140219502 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASURING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a position and orientation measurement apparatus, information processing apparatus, and an information processing method, capable of performing robust measurement of a position and orientation. In order to achieve the apparatuses and method, at least one coarse position and orientation of a target object is acquired from an image including the target object, at least one candidate position and orientation is newly generated as an initial value used for deriving a position and orientation of the target object based on the acquired coarse position and orientation, and the position and orientation of the target object in the image is derived by using model information of the target object and by performing at least once of fitting processing of the candidate position and orientation generated as the initial value with the target object in the image. | 08-07-2014 |
20150125034 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To calculate the position and orientation of a target object with high accuracy, an information processing apparatus converts an image feature on a two-dimensional image into a corresponding position in a three-dimensional space, acquires a first registration error between the converted image feature and a geometric feature of a model, acquires a second registration error between a distance point and the geometric feature of the model, and then derives the position and orientation of the target object based on the acquired first registration error and the acquired second registration error. | 05-07-2015 |
20150160651 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprises a position and orientation estimation unit configured to estimate each of positions and orientations of a first part and a second part, based on an image including the first part and the second part to which the first part is assembled; and a determination unit configured to determine assembly success/failure of the first part with respect to the second part based on each of the positions and orientations of the first part and the second part. | 06-11-2015 |
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20080315851 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY USING THE SAME - A power-supply control IC is included in a switching power supply which drives to turn on and off a semiconductor switching device connected to a DC power supply in series to supply a predetermined constant voltage to an external load, and is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor circuit which controls on and off of the semiconductor switching device. When a current flowing through the load is abruptly increased to cause an error voltage to exceed a predetermined first threshold voltage after the end of a PWM on-pulse generated in synchronization with a switching cycle, a second PWM on-pulse is generated within the same switching cycle. Furthermore, in a plurality of switching cycles after the switching cycle in which the second PWM on-pulse is generated, the first threshold voltage for comparison with the error voltage is switched to a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage. | 12-25-2008 |
20090243575 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY USING THE SAME - A semiconductor device for control applied to a constant-voltage power supply device includes a digital-analog converter circuit which outputs a reference voltage corresponding to a value of a first register with taking an output voltage of a reference voltage source as a criterial reference voltage, and generates a control signal for driving a power semiconductor device based on an output voltage of an error amplifier which differentially amplifies a feedback voltage obtained by resistive-dividing on an output voltage of the constant-voltage power supply device and the reference voltage. An analog-digital converter circuit which converts the feedback voltage to a digital value with taking the output voltage of the constant-voltage power supply device as a reference voltage is provided, and based on the output, a value of a first register is corrected so as to offset an effect of an error in voltage dividing ratio of a voltage dividing resistor circuit. | 10-01-2009 |
20090267587 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - In a driver circuit constructing a switching power supply device that switches power transistors passing a current through a coil by a PWM mode, a current detection transistor, which is smaller in size than the low-potential side power transistor, and a current detection resistor are provided in parallel to the low-potential side power transistor. The same control voltage as the power transistor is applied to the control terminal of the current detection transistor. An operational amplifier is formed, that has the potential of the connection node between the current detection transistor and the current detection resistor applied to its inverse input terminal and a feedback loop, so as to make a pair of input terminals of the operational amplifier be at the same potential. A signal produced by the current detection resistor is thus outputted as a current detection signal. | 10-29-2009 |
20100301823 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT AND CONTROL CIRCUIT OF POWER SUPPLY UNIT - An ADC, a comparator, a calculator and a DPWM for applying a feedback control to a power supply main circuit are provided on a control circuit. The comparator compares digital output voltage information obtained by analog to digital conversion of the ADC and target voltage information, and outputs its difference to an error adjuster. The error adjuster performs control by reference to the difference (error value information) so that an output voltage of the power supply main circuit is not included in a predetermined range adjacent to the resolution boundary of the power supply control signal, thereby preventing the occurrence of distortion (limit cycle oscillation) of the output voltage caused by the accumulation of errors. | 12-02-2010 |
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20120086416 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - Miniaturization of a multiphase type power supply device can be achieved. A power supply control unit in which, for example, a microcontroller unit, a memory unit and an analog controller unit are formed over a single chip, a plurality of PWM-equipped drive units, and a plurality of inductors configure a multiphase power supply. The microcontroller unit outputs clock signals each having a frequency and a phase defined based on a program on the memory unit to the respective PWM-equipped drive units. The analog controller unit detects a difference between a voltage value of a load and a target voltage value acquired via a serial interface and outputs an error amp signal therefrom. Each of the PWM-equipped drive units drives each inductor by a peak current control system using the clock signal and the error amp signal. | 04-12-2012 |
20130076322 | POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT, MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR, AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - Disclosed is a power conversion circuit that suppresses the flow of a through current to a switching element based on a normally-on transistor. The power conversion circuit includes a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor, which are series-coupled to each other to form a half-bridge circuit, and two drive circuits, which complementarily drive the gate of the high-side transistor and of the low-side transistor. The high-side transistor is a normally-off transistor. The low-side transistor is a normally-on transistor. | 03-28-2013 |
20140173302 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - Miniaturization of a multiphase type power supply device can be achieved. A power supply control unit in which, for example, a microcontroller unit, a memory unit and an analog controller unit are formed over a single chip, a plurality of PWM-equipped drive units, and a plurality of inductors configure a multiphase power supply. The microcontroller unit outputs clock signals each having a frequency and a phase defined based on a program on the memory unit to the respective PWM-equipped drive units. The analog controller unit detects a difference between a voltage value of a load and a target voltage value acquired via a serial interface and outputs an error amp signal therefrom. Each of the PWM-equipped drive units drives each inductor by a peak current control system using the clock signal and the error amp signal. | 06-19-2014 |
20140176093 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A switching loss is reduced by reducing a deviation from the operational principle of zero-volt switching (ZVS). A semiconductor integrated circuit includes high-side switch elements Q | 06-26-2014 |
20150256072 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal, an output terminal, a high-side MOSFET connected between the first voltage terminal and the output terminal, a low-side MOSFET connected between the output terminal and the second voltage terminal and having first and second gate electrodes, a drive circuit that complementally switches on and off the high-side MOSFET and low-side MOSFET, and a second gate electrode control circuit that generates a second gate control signal supplied to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET. The second gate electrode control circuit has a voltage generating circuit that supplies a negative voltage negative in polarity relative to a voltage at the source of the low-side MOSFET, to the second gate electrode of the low-side MOSFET. | 09-10-2015 |
20150280571 | POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT, MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR, AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - Disclosed is a power conversion circuit that suppresses the flow of a through current to a switching element based on a normally-on transistor. The power conversion circuit includes a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor, which are series-coupled to each other to form a half-bridge circuit, and two drive circuits, which complementarily drive the gate of the high-side transistor and of the low-side transistor. The high-side transistor is a normally-off transistor. The low-side transistor is a normally-on transistor. | 10-01-2015 |
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20080220243 | Composition, sintered product of silicon nitride, article of manufacture, and cutting method - A sintered product of silicon nitride includes a crystal phase mainly having silicon nitride crystal grains and an amorphous grain-boundary phase located on the grain boundaries of the silicon nitride crystal grains. The grain-boundary phase contains lanthanum, aluminum, magnesium, silicon, and oxygen. The sintered product described above contains 0.1% by mass or more of lanthanum on an oxide basis, 0.05 to 0.6% by mass of aluminum on an oxide basis, 0.3% by mass or more of magnesium on an oxide basis, and 2.5% by mass or less of oxygen. The total amount of lanthanum on an oxide basis, aluminum on an oxide basis, and magnesium on an oxide basis is 3.5% by mass or less. | 09-11-2008 |
20090246464 | SILICON NITRIDE CUTTING TOOL - A silicon nitride cutting tool comprising a sintered product is disclosed. The sintered product comprises silicon nitride, at least one rare earth element compound, and a magnesium compound. The silicon nitride cutting tool further comprises a surface region and an inside region comprising the sintered product with varying content ratios of component compounds to provide enhanced wear and fracture resistance. | 10-01-2009 |
20100129168 | CUTTING TOOL - An object of embodiments according to the invention is to provide a cutting tool having good wear resistance, good sliding property and good fracture resistance. | 05-27-2010 |
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20090060045 | MOVING PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS AND MOVING PICTURE ENCODING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a reference macroblock determination module determines, with respect to each of the peripheral macroblocks corresponding to the to-be-encoded macroblock, whether the macroblock is an encoded macroblock or not, determines, if the macroblock is the encoded macroblock, the macroblock as a reference macroblock which is to be used in order to determine a prediction mode candidate of the to-be-encoded macroblock, and to determine, if the macroblock is a non-encoded macroblock, an encoded macroblock, which is present in an encoded picture immediately preceding the to-be-encoded picture and which is present at the same spatial position as the macroblock, as the reference macroblock. A reference macroblock with a lowest cost is selected from these reference macroblocks, and the same prediction mode as the prediction mode of the selected reference macroblock is determined as a prediction mode candidate. | 03-05-2009 |
20130083961 | IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a viewer image processing module detects facial image data on a viewer from a shot image signal obtained by shooting the viewer, a viewed program image processing module detects facial image data on a performer included in program data the viewer is viewing, and a synchronous control module creates viewer information that correlates facial image data on the performer, facial image data on the viewer, and program information on the program with one another and transmits the viewer information to a viewing data entry module. | 04-04-2013 |
20150116596 | Display Apparatus and Method for Tuning the Same - According to one embodiment, a display apparatus includes a display, a receiver, and a tuner. The receiver is configured to receive position information indicative of a position where the display apparatus exists. The tuner is configured to tune a signal used for displaying an image on the display based on the position information. | 04-30-2015 |
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20120249905 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a substrate; a translucent pixel electrode installed at one side of the substrate; and a storage capacitor which is installed between the pixel electrode and the substrate, and in which a translucent first electrode layer overlapping with the pixel electrode in a plane view, a translucent second electrode layer electrically connected to the pixel electrode, and a translucent dielectric layer interposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are laminated. | 10-04-2012 |
20130021555 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device as an electro-optical device of a present application example includes an element substrate, a translucent pixel electrode disposed on the pixel, a storage capacitor which is provided between the element substrate and the pixel electrode and has a pair of translucent electrodes disposed to face each other through a dielectric layer, and a third interlayer insulator film provided between the storage capacitor and the pixel electrode, and each of film thicknesses of the pixel electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode as the pair of translucent electrodes and the third interlayer insulator film are set so that a spectral distribution of light which transmits the pixel has peak transmittances corresponding to each of wavelength ranges of at least red, green and blue. | 01-24-2013 |
20150116604 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A projector includes a polarizing illumination device which supplies light; a liquid crystal device which modulates the light; and a projection lens which projects the modulated light. The liquid crystal device is provided with an element substrate which includes a plurality of pixel electrodes and a light shielding layer; an opposing substrate includes prisms which are formed of vacant grooves which are open toward the light shielding layer; and an liquid crystal layer which is provided between the element substrate and the opposing substrate. A width of the light shielding layer falls within a range of 0.575 μm to 0.625 μm, and when an angle of incidence of the light which is incident on the liquid crystal device falls within a range of 7° to 17°, an F number of the projection lens falls within a range of 1.8 to 2.2. | 04-30-2015 |
20150293395 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, an insulating film, and a first, second, and third translucent electrode. The second substrate is disposed facing the first substrate. The first translucent electrode is disposed between the second substrate and the first substrate. The second translucent electrode is disposed between the first translucent electrode and the first substrate. The insulating film is disposed between the second translucent electrode and the first substrate. The third translucent electrode is disposed between the insulating film and the first substrate. | 10-15-2015 |