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20130226631 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A reservation, where the number of days from a date of reservation to a date of use exceeds the number of days that correspond to a credit period, is accepted as a reservation where settlement by a credit card is designated while maintaining the safety of settlement of usage fee. When a reservation where the number of days from today to a date of use exceeds the number of days of a credit period is requested, an information processing apparatus checks validity of the designated credit card. At this time, if the designated credit card can be confirmed to be valid, the information processing apparatus accepts the reservation and stores information of the designated credit card in a storage means. The information processing apparatus checks the validity of the designated credit card on or after a date on which the number of days from the date to a date of use of a service whose reservation is accepted is the number of the credit days on the basis of the information stored in the storage means. At this time, if the credit card cannot be confirmed to be valid, the information processing apparatus outputs information indicating that a settlement method is changed to a method different from a settlement method performed by using the designated credit card. | 08-29-2013 |
20140343975 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When an information processing apparatus cannot confirm validity of a designated credit card for a request of a reservation, the information processing apparatus accepts the reservation and stores information of the designated credit card in a storage means. After the reservation is accepted, the information processing apparatus checks the validity of the designated credit card on the basis of the information stored in the storage means. At this time, if the validity can be confirmed, the information processing apparatus outputs information indicating that a settlement method is determined to be a settlement by the designated credit card. On the other hand, if the validity cannot be confirmed, the information processing apparatus outputs information indicating that the settlement method is determined to be a method different from the settlement by the designated credit card. | 11-20-2014 |
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20090250520 | CARD WHICH CAN BE AUTHENTICATED BY HOLOGRAM CHIP - A card authentication is performed. An authentication chip for performing authentication by a copy-disabled hologram chip is attached to a card and when or after the card is introduced into a handling device, the authentication chip information is read to perform authentication. Read may be performed in a planar shape but a linear shape can reduce the processing load. An arbitrary straight line or a curved line may be used as a read line shape by modifying the read position in association with the card movement when the card is placed to be read. When the card introduced to a terminal device is an unauthorized one, the card is ejected or an alarm is issued when the card is introduced inside. | 10-08-2009 |
20100044431 | CARD CAPABLE OF AUTHENTICATION - It is possible to prevent use of a forged card. An authentication chip describing information which cannot be copied or difficult to be copied is attached to a card and a card processing device includes a card authentication processing device. The information described in the authentication chip is degitized and encrypted to obtain encrypted data, which is described on an authentication certifying chip. The authentication certifying chip is attached to the card. The authentication certifying chip checks the validity of the authentication chip. Before a specific operation such as entry of a password is started, it is judged whether the card is true so as to exclude a forged card. | 02-25-2010 |
20100193590 | OBJECT FOR AUTHENTICATION VERIFICATION, AUTHENTICATION VERIFYING CHIP READING DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATION JUDGING METHOD - A structure of a subject such as a card, a bank note, or a stock certificate easily faked and needing authenticity validation and a method for judging the authenticity of the subject. An authenticity validation chip having structural color developers irregularly arranged is attached to a card. An optical sensor detects the arrangement of the structural color developers to individually recognize the card or judge its authenticity. To validate the authenticity, when or after the card is taken in, the information in the authenticity validation chip provided on the card is read. Each of the structural color developers is a transparent resin flake or a transparent resin thin layer. The information is read two-dimensionally with a camera, and the authenticity of the authenticity validation chip is judged by observing the distributed state of the structural color developers. Alternatively, the information can be read linearly. A given straight or curved line can be used by altering the read portion while associating the shape of the read line with the movement of the card in taking in the card. | 08-05-2010 |
20100306532 | AUTHENTICATION VERIFYING METHOD, AUTHENTICATION VERIFYING MEMBER AND AUTHENTICATION VERIFYING MEMBER PRODUCING METHOD - Authentication verifying for an object to be certified is carried out. An authentication verifying chip in which authentication verifying information is stored is mounted non-removably on a certificate. A confirmation chip in which the authentication verifying information is encrypted by a crypt key of a certificate issuer and is stored is mounted non-removably on the object to be certified. When verifying the authenticity of the object to be certified, the encrypted authentication verifying information in the confirmation chip is decrypted by the crypt key of the certificate issuer, and it is compared to the authentication verifying information in the authentication verifying chip. | 12-02-2010 |
20120062966 | CARD WHICH CAN BE AUTHENTICATED BY HOLOGRAM CHIP - A card authentication is performed. An authentication chip for performing authentication by a copy-disabled hologram chip is attached to a card and when or after the card is introduced into a handling device, the authentication chip information is read to perform authentication. Read may be performed in a planar shape but a linear shape can reduce the processing load. An arbitrary straight line or a curved line may be used as a read line shape by modifying the read position in association with the card movement when the card is placed to be read. When the card introduced to a terminal device is an unauthorized one, the card is ejected or an alarm is issued when the card is introduced inside. | 03-15-2012 |
20120125999 | KEYCARD AND KEYCARD-LOCK - To acquire a keycard, the creation of whose clone is impossible, and a keycard-lock that is locked/unlocked by the keycard. | 05-24-2012 |
20120241684 | PHOTOELECTRODE MATERIAL AND PHOTOCELL MATERIAL - Provided is a photoelectric conversion material which is obtained through easy processing from a substance containing silicon oxide, which is inexpensive, imposes no burden on the environment, and is stable, as a component. Also provided are a photocell and a secondary photocell both using this material. Any of synthetic quartz, fused quartz glass, soda-lime glass, non-alkali glass, and borosilicate glass, which are compositions containing silicon oxide, is pulverized, immersed in an aqueous solution of halogen acid, washed with water, and dried. The resultant material is deposited on an electrode plate and this electrode plate is placed in water where an appropriate electrolyte is mixed. This electrode plate is electrically connected to an opposite electrode, and is used as a photoelectrode by irradiated with light. The material may be enclosed in a container, mixed with an organic electrolyte, having an extraction electrode and an opposite electrode, and a photocell is configured by irradiated with light through the extraction electrode. | 09-27-2012 |
20130336846 | GLASS HAVING A PHOTOCATALYTIC FUNCTION - Provided is an inexpensive material having a photocatalytic action. A photocatalyst is obtained by halogenation-treating glass fibers containing silicon dioxide in its components. Fused quartz, soda-lime glass, non-alkali glass, and borosilicate glass may be used for the glass. Hydrofluoric acid, hydrochloric acid and hydrobromic acid may be used for the halogen acid, and hydrofluoric acid is most desirable. The glass can be particulate, fibrous or sheet form material. The glass exhibits a photocatalytic action even with visible light other than ultraviolet light, and also water repellent effect. The glass according to the invention is capable of decomposing organic substances, and therefore, it is used for window glass in buildings or in transportation such as automobiles, when formed in a plate shape, and for a filter in an air intake/exhaust apparatus, when formed in fibrous shape. | 12-19-2013 |
20140060630 | SILICON DIOXIDE SOLAR CELL - In order to increase the generation efficiency of a silicon dioxide solar cell, two conductive substrates are arranged so that the conductive surfaces thereof face each other, at least one of the substrates is disposed upon the substrate facing the light entry-side substrate, and an electrolyte is filled between the silicon dioxide particles compact and the light entry-side substrate. Silicon dioxide solar cells having this configuration exhibit a significantly increased short circuit current and open circuit voltage in comparison to solar cells in which the silicon dioxide and the electrolyte are mixed. This configuration can further be improved by disposing a titanium dioxide solar cell or a dye-sensitized titanium dioxide solar cell upon the light entry-side substrate to further increase the short circuit current and the open circuit voltage. | 03-06-2014 |
20140190558 | TANDEM SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is configured by: arranging two glass substrates, each of which is provided with a transparent conductive layer, so that the transparent conductive layers face each other; disposing a titanium dioxide layer on one glass substrate; disposing silicon dioxide particles on the other glass substrate; and filling the space between the two glass substrates with an electrolyte. The glass substrate on which light does not enter may alternatively be a metal plate. A sensitizing dye such as a ruthenium complex may be absorbed onto the titanium dioxide layer or the silicon dioxide layer. Since the titanium dioxide layer generates electric power by means of ultraviolet light incident thereon and the silicon dioxide layer generates electric power by means of visible light and infrared light incident thereon, the generation efficiency of the solar cell is increased. | 07-10-2014 |
20140196786 | A COMPOSITE GLASS PLATE - In order to obtain a composite glass plate which shields infrared light and/or ultraviolet light, two glass substrates on which transparent conductive layers are formed respectively are disposed with the transparent conductive layers thereof facing each other. Infrared light is shielded and electric power is generated by using one glass substrate as a light incident side electrode, disposing a silicon dioxide particle layer thereon, and filling a colorless electrolyte between the two glass substrates. Further, ultraviolet light is also shielded by disposing a titanium dioxide layer on the other glass substrate. This composite glass plate is used as a window glass plate to shield only infrared light and/or ultraviolet light and transmit only visible light. | 07-17-2014 |
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20080237639 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - The objective of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device of a hetero-junction field effect transistor that is capable of obtaining a high output and a high breakdown voltage and a manufacturing method of the same. | 10-02-2008 |
20110316047 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - The objective of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device of a hetero-junction field effect transistor that is capable of obtaining a high output and a high breakdown voltage and a manufacturing method of the same. The present invention is a semiconductor device of a hetero junction field effect transistor provided with an Al | 12-29-2011 |
20140011349 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a heterojunction semiconductor device including an AlGaN layer, the method including the steps of (a) forming a dummy electrode in a region where a gate electrode is arranged on the AlGaN layer, (b) depositing a dielectric film on the AlGaN layer by exposing side surfaces of the dummy electrode, using a device having anisotropy, (c) forming an opening in the dielectric film by removing the dummy electrode, and (d) forming the gate electrode that extends from inside the opening onto the dielectric film in a vicinity of the opening. | 01-09-2014 |
20150069408 | HETEROJUNCTION FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A laminate includes a surface on which a gate electrode is provided, and is made of a nitride semiconductor. The laminate includes a first layer having a first band gap, and a second layer provided between the first layer and the surface and having a second band gap which is larger than the first band gap. The first and second layers and form a joint surface by a hetero junction. The surface includes a surface defect density equal to or smaller than 1.7×10 | 03-12-2015 |
20150228756 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes an Al | 08-13-2015 |
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20080239037 | INK TANK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An ink tank includes an ink containing chamber configured to directly contain ink, a supply port configured to supply the ink from the ink containing chamber to a recording head, a capillary member disposed in the supply port to hold the ink, and a sealing member configured to cover the supply port. An air volume (V) of a space constituted by the capillary member and the sealing member, an ink volume (Vi) held by the capillary member, and a maximum volume (Vexp) when air expands in the space accompanying environmental fluctuation of the ink tank, satisfy Vi≧Vexp−V. | 10-02-2008 |
20090189963 | LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid container includes a housing having a supply port leading out liquid contained in the housing, a spring member configured to generate a negative pressure, a flexible member joined to the housing to form a liquid chamber, a plate member disposed between the flexible film and the spring member, a lid member configured to cover the flexible member and secured to the housing, and a rib member movably disposed in a space surrounded by the lid member and the flexible member and configured to regulate the shape of the flexible member and the position of the plate member. | 07-30-2009 |
20110096128 | INK TANK AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink tank with a high volume efficiency and a printing apparatus which are capable of completely using up ink stored in the ink tank. A meniscus holding force (Pm | 04-28-2011 |
20110285797 | LIQUID CARTRIDGE AND LIQUID JET APPARATUS - The liquid cartridge includes a housing configured to accommodate the liquid container for storing liquid, a groove portion formed on an outer surface of the housing, a liquid lead-out opening, formed on a bottom surface of the groove portion communicating with the liquid container and configured such that the liquid lead-out path for guiding the liquid inside the liquid container to the outside is connected to or disconnected from the liquid lead-out path, a flow path extending toward the inside of the housing from an end of the groove portion in a liquid dripping direction, and a liquid absorbing member provided at an end opposite to the groove portion of the flow path. | 11-24-2011 |
20120300003 | TANK AND PRINTER INCLUDING TANK - The invention is to prevent positional deviation of a sealing valve, improve bubble releasability during atmosphere introduction, and stably supply ink to a recording head. The configuration is provided with an opening | 11-29-2012 |
20130222488 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND APPARATUS IN WHICH LIQUID CONTAINER IS MOUNTABLE - A liquid container and an apparatus in which the liquid container is mountable are provided, the liquid container and the apparatus enabling the presence or absence of remaining liquid to be checked without the need for a power source and even after the liquid container is removed. The pressure in a communication path is maintained while ink in a containing section is not supplied to the exterior. Thus, the displacement state of a detection valve which is displaced depending on the pressure in the communication path can be maintained even after removal of an ink tank. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222491 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND APPARATUS IN WHICH LIQUID CONTAINER IS MOUNTABLE - A liquid container enables a liquid contained in a liquid containing chamber to be supplied to an exterior through a supply port. The liquid container includes a first channel, a second channel, and a communication path. The first channel is in communication with a first opening which opens into the liquid containing chamber. The second channel is in communication with a second opening which opens into the liquid containing chamber, the second opening being positioned above the first opening in a direction of gravitational force. The communication path allows the first channel and the second channel to communicate with each other outside the liquid containing chamber to permit a flow of the liquid. | 08-29-2013 |
20140176647 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND APPARATUS IN WHICH LIQUID CONTAINER IS MOUNTABLE - A liquid container and an apparatus in which the liquid container is mountable are provided, the liquid container and the apparatus enabling the presence or absence of remaining liquid to be checked without the need for a power source and even after the liquid container is removed. The pressure in a communication path is maintained while ink in a containing section is not supplied to the exterior. Thus, the displacement state of a detection valve which is displaced depending on the pressure in the communication path can be maintained even after removal of an ink tank. | 06-26-2014 |
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20080309815 | Tilt lens system and image pickup apparatus - A tilt lens system includes a focus lens unit movable during focusing; a diaphragm sharing a primary optical axis with the focus lens unit; and a tilt lens unit, arranged on an image side of the focus lens unit and the diaphragm, having a negative refractive power and an optical axis tiltable with respect to the primary optical axis. Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied as follows, | 12-18-2008 |
20090046199 | Image-capture apparatus and variable magnification lens - An image-capture apparatus includes a variable magnification lens, imaging means for converting an image taken by the variable magnification lens into an electrical image signal, and imaging control means. By referring to a conversion coordinate coefficient, the image control means moves a point on the image and outputs the new image signal. In the variable magnification lens, in order from the object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group that has negative refractive power and performs a variable magnification action by shifting on an optical axis, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group that has negative refractive power and a fifth lens group having positive refractive power are arrayed. | 02-19-2009 |
20090168193 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus - A zoom lens configured by arranging a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, and a fifth lens group in order from the object side to the image side, and further having an aperture diaphragm on the object side of the third lens group. In the first lens group, a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens are located in order from the object side to the image side. In the second lens group, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens are located in order from the object side to the image side. The third lens group is made up of a seventh lens which is a convex lens, the fourth lens group is made up of at least two or more cemented lenses, the third lens group and the fourth lens group include at least one surface formed into an aspherical surface. | 07-02-2009 |
20100020410 | Zoom lens, lens barrel and image pickup apparatus - Disclosed herein is a zoom lens, wherein a stop moves in an optical axis direction n in a phase of zooming; a position of the stop in a telephoto end is located on an object side with respect to a position of the stop in a wide-angle end; an opening size of the stop is controlled in conjunction with the zooming so that an open F number becomes approximately constant in a range from the wide-angle end to a specific intermediate focal length; the opening size of the stop is made approximately constant in a range from the specific intermediate focal length to the telephoto end so that the open F number is changed; and the specific intermediate focal length fulfills the following conditional expression (1), wide-angle end focal length×1.501-28-2010 | |
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20110217097 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fixing device includes a rotating fixing body fixes a toner image on a recording medium by heating, the rotating fixing body having a cylindrical metal core formed of a magnetic shunt alloy and having a thickness less than a magnetic-field permeation depth at a temperature higher than or equal to a Curie temperature of the metal core, a coil provided along an outer surface of the rotating fixing body so as to generate magnetic flux that subjects the rotating fixing body to induction heating, and an electrically conductive arch-shaped saddle ring member disposed at a position opposing the coil with the metal core being disposed therebetween and in an orientation such that magnetic flux leakage associated with loss of ferromagnetism of the metal core penetrates the ring member. | 09-08-2011 |
20120099909 | FIXING DEVICE INCLUDING MOVABLE FRAME BODY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fixing device includes an induction coil, a heating rotary belt including a heat generating layer thinner than a magnetic-field penetration depth, a pressure receiving member, a pressing rotator, a magnetic core section, and a movable guiding section. The movable guiding section is a substantially cylindrical frame body being in contact with the inner surface of the heating rotary belt, includes one or more blocking sections, and is rotatable so as to be able to be positioned in a first blocking position and a first non-blocking position. | 04-26-2012 |
20130259508 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member and a blowing unit. The first rotating member is heated by a heat source. The second rotating member is pressed against the first rotating member to form a fixing nip with the first rotating member along a conveying path of a recording medium. The blowing unit blows a cooling airflow toward the first rotating member. An airflow route from the blowing unit to the first rotating member is arranged so as to cross the conveying path. | 10-03-2013 |
20140294468 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a heating source and a fixing roller. The fixing belt has a sheet passing part and a non-sheet passing part. The fixing roller includes an elastic layer including first and second elastic parts. The first elastic part is provided on an inner diameter side of the sheet passing part. The second elastic part is provided on an inner diameter side of the non-sheet passing part. A gap is formed between a part of the elastic layer and the fixing belt in a state where the fixing belt is not heated. The part of the elastic layer is in close contact with the fixing belt in a state where the fixing belt is heated. The first elastic part includes a small-diameter part having a smaller external diameter than a part with a maximum external diameter of the second elastic part. | 10-02-2014 |
20140301760 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing roller, a pressure roller, and a regulation member. The fixing roller includes a roller member and a fixing belt. The roller member includes a shaft which extends in one direction and an elastic layer integrally formed on the shaft. Each regulation member has an annular regulation surface which opposes a side edge of the fixing belt, and is configured to regulate movement of the fixing belt in a rotation axis direction. The regulation surface is inclined relative to a line perpendicular to the rotation axis as viewed on a cross-section parallel to the rotation axis. The regulation surface is inclined from the rotation axis side such that the closer the regulation surface is to an outside, in a radial direction, of the fixing roller, the closer the regulation surface is to a center, in a length direction, of the shaft. | 10-09-2014 |