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20130097088 | WARRANTY EXPIRATION DATE DETERMINING DEVICE AND WARRANTY EXPIRATION DATE DETERMINING METHOD - A warranty expiration date determining device includes: a receiving unit which receives owner information, appliance information, and operating information of a device; an obtaining unit which obtains, from an information database in which at least owner information, appliance information, and operating information of appliances are registered in association with respective owners of the appliances, operating information associated with a specific owner inferred among the owners of the appliances, based on the owner information and the appliance information of the device received, a usage period estimating unit which estimates a usage period of the appliance based on the obtained operating information and the received operating information; and a warranty expiration date determining unit which determines a first day of use of the appliance by extending back the estimated usage period from current time and date, and determines the warranty expiration date of the appliance. | 04-18-2013 |
20140285325 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND SERVER - A generation unit generates a command based on operation history information read from a storage unit and operation status information obtained by an obtainment unit when power is supplied from a first power source unit to a communication apparatus, and generates the command based on the operation history information read from the storage unit when the power is not supplied from the first power source unit to the communication apparatus, when power is supplied from a second power source unit to each of the storage unit, the generation unit, and a proximity wireless communication unit. | 09-25-2014 |
20140325592 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An information management method includes: receiving, from a manufacturer server via a network, device history information indicating a history of an operation of a device used by a first user and first anonymized user information generated by anonymizing, according to a predetermined rule, first user information including attribute information which allows identification of the first user; receiving, from a service provider server different from the manufacturer server via the network, service history information indicating a history of service used by a second user and second anonymized user information generated by anonymizing, according to the predetermined rule, second user information including attribute information which allows identification of the second user; and associating the device history information and the service history information and managing them as composite information, when the first anonymized user information and the second anonymized user information are determined to be identical or similar. | 10-30-2014 |
20140365345 | INFORMATION-PROVIDING METHOD, AND INFORMATION-PROVIDING SYSTEM - An information-providing method provides a notification relating to an item owned by a user in accordance with change in condition of the item. The information-providing method is implemented on a computer system that stores therein notifications that are each linked to one of a plurality of levels expressing possible conditions of the item. In the information-providing method, condition information is acquired which indicates change in condition of the item resulting from aging or use. Judgment is performed as to whether a current time is a provision time at which a notification is to be provided to the user. Upon judging affirmatively, a level matching condition of the item at the provision time is selected from among the levels, based on the condition information, and a notification linked to the selected level is determined to be the notification that is provided. | 12-11-2014 |
20150046580 | INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD, INFORMATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, AND SERVER DEVICE - An information notification method for providing information from a server device to a plurality of devices connected to a network, including: reading notification information stored in association with information indicating a particular action of a user; acquiring operation histories of the plurality of devices; estimating, based on operation histories of one or more devices owned by the user among the plurality of devices, a no-operation period during which the user is unlikely to operate the one or more devices; determining, based on current operation state of the one or more devices, whether the particular action has been performed outside the no-operation period; and transmitting, when outcome of the determining is affirmative, the notification information associated with the particular action to a destination device among the one or more devices owned by the user. The destination device provides the user with the notification information. | 02-12-2015 |
20150234829 | ADVICE PROVISION METHOD FOR USER USING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE WHILE VIEWING TERMINAL SCREEN - A provision method provides plurality of pieces of advice pertaining to household appliances of a user on a tablet | 08-20-2015 |
20150281891 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - Included is identifying a location of a user; determining that transmission of notification information to the user is appropriate in a case where information included in management information held in the information collection database satisfies a predetermined condition, and a current location of the user identified in the identifying is a predetermined location; specifying, out of one or more presentation devices, a presentation device at which the notification information is to be displayed; generating the notification information of a content according to the identified location of the user, in a case where determination has been made in the determining that transmission of the notification information is appropriate; and performing communication to transmit the notification information that has been generated in the generating to the presentation device that has been specified in the specifying. | 10-01-2015 |
20150286692 | EVALUATION RESULT DISPLAY METHOD, EVALUATION RESULT DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING EVALUATION RESULT DISPLAY PROGRAM - An acquisition section acquires a plurality of records which is a collection of records each of which includes a prediction value predicted by a prediction model and group information, a sorting section sorts the records based on the prediction values, a calculation section selects records from the sorted records in order, calculates the number of selections indicating the number of selected records and the number of correct decisions indicating the number of decisions in which the group information included in the selected record is decided to belong to a group classified as a correct decision, and outputs both the numbers in association with each other, an image drawing section generates a graph created by plotting both the numbers in a coordinate system with the horizontal axis representing the number of selections and the vertical axis representing the number of correct decisions, and a display section displays the generated graph. | 10-08-2015 |
20150296276 | INFORMATION NOTIFICATION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD - An information notification apparatus includes: a communication unit which receives first device information and first history information from a first device and then transmits notification; an information collection database which holds, based on the first device information received by the communication unit, the received first history information in association with the held first device information; a determination unit which determines need to transmit notification of the first device when information included in the first history information held in the information collection database satisfies a condition; a display device designation unit which designates, based on destination information and the received first device information, a display device on which notification of the first device is to be displayed; and a generation unit which generates notification when the determination unit determines need to transmit the notification of the first device, wherein the communication unit transmits the generated notification to the designated display device. | 10-15-2015 |
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20120069604 | COMPACT POWER CONVERTER WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY IN OPERATION - A power converter including a main circuit and a sub-circuit. The main circuit serves as a step-up/down chopper circuit including a series-connected assembly of main switches, an inductor coupled to a joint of the main switches, and a capacitor connected in parallel to the series-connected assembly. The sub-circuit is designed to establish the soft-switching and includes a snubber capacitor, a first sub-switch coupled to the joint of the series-connected assembly and a negative terminal of the snubber capacitor, a second sub-switch coupled to the joint and a positive terminal of the snubber capacitor, a third sub-switch coupled to the positive terminal of the snubber capacitor and a high-potential terminal of the main circuit, and a fourth sub-switch coupled to the negative terminal of the snubber capacitor and a low-potential terminal of the main circuit. | 03-22-2012 |
20120099348 | POWER CONVERTER WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY IN OPERATION - A power converter includes a main switch to which a capacitor is connected through a sub-diode. A primary coil of a transformer and a sub-switch are joined parallel to the capacitor. A main diode is coupled in series with the main switch. A sub-diode and a secondary coil of the transformer are connected parallel to the main diode. The rate of a rise in voltage across the main switch when turned off is suppressed by the rate of charging of the capacitor. Subsequently, by turning on the sub-switch, the current flowing through the main diode to be delivered to the transformer, thereby causing the current flowing through the main switch when turned on to be decreased by the sub-inductor. | 04-26-2012 |
20150282256 | INDUCTION HEATING APPARATUS - An induction heating apparatus includes: a core that has a pair of magnetic poles and transfers magnetic flux; a coil generating magnetic flux; conductors adjacently provided on both left and right sides of the magnetic poles; and lateral magnetic members formed of a magnetic material and arranged on an outer side of end portions of the object so as to extend along the end portions. The conductors shut off the magnetic flux that flows from a center portion of the heating object, taking a detour to the end portions, permit the magnetic flux to concentrate on the center portion, and accelerate temperature rise. The lateral magnetic members introduce the magnetic flux that propagates from one surface to the other surface, detouring around the end portions to thereby mitigate the magnetic flux density in the end portions and suppress overheating. | 10-01-2015 |
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20140197813 | SWITCHING REGULATOR - In a switching regulator, a control circuit includes a reference command value generation portion and an additional command value generation portion. The reference command value generation portion generates a reference command value based on a deviation of an output voltage from a predetermined command voltage. The additional command value generation portion generates an additional command value based on a difference between an outflow electric energy and an inflow electric energy. The outflow electric energy is a value reflecting a supply power from the capacitor to the load, and the inflow electric energy is a value reflecting a supply power from the reactor to the capacitor. The control circuit controls an operation ratio of a switching circuit based on the reference command value and the additional command value. | 07-17-2014 |
20140204635 | AC-DC CONVERTER - An AC-DC converter includes two series circuits, an inductor, and a common snubber circuit. Each series circuit includes a switch and a current block device. The block device blocks a current from its high potential side to its low potential side when the first device is closed and allows the current from the low potential side to the high potential side when the first device is opened. The inductor is interposed between a first connection point between the switch and the block device of one series circuit and a second connection point between the switch and the block device of the other series circuit. The common snubber circuit is connected between each of the first connection point and the second connection point and at least one of both ends of the one series circuit. | 07-24-2014 |
20140210442 | SWITCHING REGULATOR - In a switching regulator, a power feed circuit section includes a reactor, a capacitor, and a switching circuit controlling power supply from a power supply source to the reactor. A reference command value generation portion generates a reference command value based on a physical quantity representing a state of the power feed circuit section. An adder adds a pseudo command value depending on a reactor current flowing in the reactor to the reference command value. A limiter limits at least one of an upper limit value and a lower limit value with respect to an adding result of the adder. A removing section removes a value corresponding to the pseudo command value from a processing result of the limiter. A control performing section controls a duty ratio of the switching circuit using a processing result of the removing section as a command value. | 07-31-2014 |
20140218012 | DETECTOR OF MAGNETIC BIAS, MAGNETIC SATURATION, OR AMOUNT OF MAGNETIC FLUX - A detector includes a detection winding, a detection winding measurement section, and a detection section. A magnetic core has a hole penetrating the magnetic core along a non-uniform cross section. The detection winding includes a wire inserted into the hole and surrounding a periphery of a detection region that is a part of the non-uniform cross section and has a magnetic flux density different from an average magnetic flux density of the non-uniform cross section. The detection winding measurement section performs a measurement relating to an electromotive force induced by the detection winding. The detection section detects a magnetic bias, a magnetic saturation, or an amount of magnetic flux in the magnetic core based on a measurement result of the detection winding measurement section. | 08-07-2014 |
20140285241 | DRIVER CIRCUIT - A driver circuit for a semiconductor switching device includes a drive power source, a capacitor and four switches, which form a bridge circuit. The capacitor is provided between the four switches. In one cycle of application of a voltage to a gate of the semiconductor switching device to turn on the semiconductor switch, the first and the second switches, which are diagonal, are turned off and the third and the fourth switches, which are diagonal, are turned on to charge the capacitor. Then only the first switch is turned on to apply the voltage to the gate, and lastly only the second switch is turned on to discharge the capacitor thereby to apply a negative voltage to the gate of the semiconductor switching device. | 09-25-2014 |
20140306788 | FILTER COMPONENT - A filter component is provided with a first winding wire, a second winding wire having a separate electric current supply from the first winding wire, and a third winding wire connected in series with the first winding wire. The first, second, and third winding wires are wound on a magnetic core. The magnetic core has a shape that allows a formation of a first magnetic path having the first and second winding wires interlinked therewith without having the third winding wire interlinked therewith, and a formation of a second magnetic path having the first and third winding wires interlinked therewith without having the second winding wire interlinked therewith. Further, the electric current flow directions of the first and second winding wires are opposite and the electric current flow directions of the first and third winding wires are the same. | 10-16-2014 |
20140354254 | POWER CONVERTER - A series circuit of a diode Da | 12-04-2014 |
20150200051 | TRANSFORMER DEVICE - A transformer device includes a magnetic core, a normal winding, a main magnetic path, and a specific winding including A sections and B sections formed by winding a conductive wire around the magnetic core toward opposite directions. A total number of turns of the conductive wire is different between the A sections and the B sections. At least one section in the specific winding is arranged to form a sub-magnetic path which is a magnetic path not interlinked with the normal winding. | 07-16-2015 |
20150214848 | POWER CONVERTER - In a power converter, at least two main current paths each including an inductor and a transistor are connected between input terminals, and at least two storage circuits each including capacitors are correspondingly connected to branch nodes of the main current paths. Diodes are connected between the storage circuits. The transistors of the main current paths are interleaved. When one of the transistors is turned off, a current flowing in the corresponding inductor flows into the corresponding storage circuit to turn on the diodes and to charge the capacitors of the corresponding storage circuit. When another one of the transistors is turned off, a current flowing in the corresponding inductor flows into the corresponding storage circuit to turn on the diodes and charge the capacitors of the corresponding storage circuit. | 07-30-2015 |
20150288290 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - In a power conversion apparatus, a secondary winding is connected between main terminals of one of two circuit elements included in a main series circuit, and a voltage applied to a primary winding induces a voltage in a secondary winding in a direction from a first main terminal of a secondary winding, which is disposed at a low-potential side of the main series circuit, toward a second main terminal of a secondary winding, which is disposed at a high-potential side of the main series circuit. A rectifying unit blocks a current flowing from the high-potential side of the main series circuit toward the low-potential side of the main series circuit in a current path that includes the secondary winding and bypasses one of the two circuit elements included in the main series circuit. | 10-08-2015 |
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20090263812 | USE OF ID4 FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER - The invention relates to a method of determining whether a human subject is suffering from or at risk for developing pancreatic cancer by determining the methylation level of an ID4 gene promoter or the expression level of an ID4 gene in a biological sample from a human subject. Also disclosed are a method of analyzing the methylation level of an ID4 gene promoter or the expression level of an ID4 gene in a pancreatic cancer cell, and a method of inhibiting the methylation of an ID4 gene promoter or enhancing the expression of an ID4 gene by contacting a pancreatic cancer cell with a compound that decreases the methylation level of an ID4 gene promoter or increases the expression level of an ID4 gene in the cell. | 10-22-2009 |
20090280479 | USE OF FREE CIRCULATING DNA FOR DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER FUNDING - A method of detecting circulating DNA in a body fluid. The method comprises identifying a subject suffering from or at risk for developing cancer, obtaining a body fluid sample from the subject, and determining the sequence integrity of circulating DNA in the sample, wherein the circulating DNA is not purified from the sample. | 11-12-2009 |
20110098341 | USE OF ID4 FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER - The invention relates to a method of determining whether a human subject is suffering from or at risk for developing pancreatic cancer by determining the methylation level of an ID4 gene promoter or the expression level of an ID4 gene in a biological sample from a human subject. Also disclosed are a method of analyzing the methylation level of an ID4 gene promoter or the expression level of an ID4 gene in a pancreatic cancer cell, and a method of inhibiting the methylation of an ID4 gene promoter or enhancing the expression of an ID4 gene by contacting a pancreatic cancer cell with a compound that decreases the methylation level of an ID4 gene promoter or increases the expression level of an ID4 gene in the cell. | 04-28-2011 |
20130345144 | Use of ID4 for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer - Methods for diagnosis and treatment of cancer using ID4 are disclosed. Specifically, epigenetic inactivation of ID4 in colorectal carcinomas and breast correlates with poor differentiation and unfavorable prognosis. Further, aberrant hypermethylation of ID4 gene promoter region increases risk of metastasis in colorectal and breast cancer. | 12-26-2013 |
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20090159116 | INTERCONNECTOR, SOLAR CELL STRING USING THE INTERCONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND A SOLAR CELL MODULE USING THE SOLAR CELL STRING - An interconnector includes a strip-shaped and electrically conductive member for electrically connecting respective electrodes to each other of solar cells adjacent to each other. The conductive member includes a stress relief part that is planer and has a notch forming an obtuse angle at a lateral end or has a linear lateral end. This structure remarkably alleviates a stress due to a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the interconnector and the solar cells, so that a warp occurring to the solar cells is reduced and the reliability of connection between the interconnector and the solar cells is improved. | 06-25-2009 |
20100034455 | SOLAR BATTERY MODULE EVALUATION APPARATUS, SOLAR BATTERY MODULE EVALUATING METHOD, AND SOLAR BATTERY MODULE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Management of a manufacturing process also in assembling a solar battery module is facilitated. A solar battery module evaluation apparatus includes a power supply unit, a camera, and a processing unit. The power supply unit supplies electric power. The processing unit outputs pattern information indicating whether a solar battery module is defective or not, based on data of an image picked up by the camera, the image being an optical image that appears as a result of supply of electric power to the solar battery module for light emission through electroluminescence phenomenon. | 02-11-2010 |
20100116323 | Interconnector, Solar Cell String Using the Interconnector and Method of Manufacturing Thereof, and Solar Cell Module, Using The Solar Cell String - An interconnector includes a strip-shaped and electrically conductive member electrically connecting respective electrodes of adjacent solar cells, the conductive member includes a plurality of planar stress relief parts and the stress relief parts are formed at equal pitches. With this structure, a stress due to a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the interconnector and the solar cell is uniformly alleviated, so that the warp occurring to the solar cell is reduced and the reliability of the connection between the interconnector and the solar cell is improved. | 05-13-2010 |
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20100052138 | RESIN MOLDED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - This invention is directed to provide a method of manufacturing a resin molded semiconductor device with high reliability by preventing a resin leakage portion from occurring due to burrs on a lead frame formed by punching. The method of manufacturing the resin molded semiconductor device according to the invention includes bonding a semiconductor die on an island in a lead frame, electrically connecting the semiconductor die with the lead frame, resin-molding the lead frame on which the semiconductor die is bonded, and applying prior to the resin-molding a compressive pressure that is higher than a clamping pressure applied in the resin-molding to a region of the lead frame being clamped by molds in the resin-molding of the lead frame. | 03-04-2010 |
20110260311 | RESIN MOLDED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - This invention is directed to provide a method of manufacturing a resin molded semiconductor device with high reliability by preventing a resin leakage portion from occurring due to burrs on a lead frame formed by punching. The method of manufacturing the resin molded semiconductor device according to the invention includes bonding a semiconductor die on an island in a lead frame, electrically connecting the semiconductor die with the lead frame, resin-molding the lead frame on which the semiconductor die is bonded, and applying prior to the resin-molding a compressive pressure that is higher than a clamping pressure applied in the resin-molding to a region of the lead frame being clamped by molds in the resin-molding of the lead frame. | 10-27-2011 |
20140027894 | RESIN MOLDED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - This invention is directed to provide a method of manufacturing a resin molded semiconductor device with high reliability by preventing a resin leakage portion from occurring due to burrs on a lead frame formed by punching. The method of manufacturing the resin molded semiconductor device according to the invention includes bonding a semiconductor die on an island in a lead frame, electrically connecting the semiconductor die with the lead frame, resin-molding the lead frame on which the semiconductor die is bonded, and applying prior to the resin-molding a compressive pressure that is higher than a clamping pressure applied in the resin-molding to a region of the lead frame being clamped by molds in the resin-molding of the lead frame. | 01-30-2014 |