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20100071201 | Component Placement Apparatus, Component Placement Setting Calculation Apparatus, Program, and Component Placement Setting Calculation Method - The present invention is directed to a technique that avoids occurrence of interference among multiple placement heads, when multiple placement heads simultaneously access a circuit board, and a pallet which is arranged in one direction with respect to the circuit board. When the component placement part | 03-25-2010 |
20110046769 | MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, PROGRAM, MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTION SYSTEM, AND MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTION METHOD - The present teaching is intended to observe the delivery date of a product and decrease the number of workpieces in a merger process. A treatment sequence calculator included in manufacturing instruction equipment identifies an in-process part being worked in each process, and calculates the delivery-date allowance of the in-process part. In-process parts whose delivery-date allowances fall below a predetermined threshold are inputted to each process in ascending order of delivery-date allowances. In-process parts whose delivery-date allowances are equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold are inputted to each process in ascending order by a minimum value of remaining treatment times which the in-process parts take to reach the merger process. | 02-24-2011 |
20110208556 | WORKER ASSIGNMENT DEVICE, WORKER ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM, AND WORKER ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM - The present invention provides product delivery deadline compliance and increased worker training efficiency. A worker assignment scheme creation section of a worker assignment device creates a worker assignment scheme and calculates a job completion time for each process step of each product in accordance with a worker assignment rule. An evaluation value calculation section calculates evaluation values concerning delivery deadline compliance and worker training in accordance with processing results produced by the worker assignment scheme creation section. A worker assignment priority change section changes the worker assignment rule in accordance with the evaluation values and target values therefor. The above process is repeated a number of times to produce plural worker assignment schemes, which are compared in accordance with the evaluation values concerning delivery deadline compliance and worker training. The result of comparison is eventually presented to a user. | 08-25-2011 |
20110295647 | MANUFACTURING PLAN DRAWING-UP SYSTEM AND METHOD - Planning items necessary for the evaluation of a manufacturing capability in a production line are categorized from process routes of operation achievement information for every ordered product, so that operation time per process unit is calculated. Thereupon the similarity of the process routes of the categorized planning items to those of an ordered product is evaluated, the planning items are allocated to the ordered product, and different product operation time is set up for every specification, so that a manufacturing capability of a production line is precisely evaluated to make a production plan. | 12-01-2011 |
20120283862 | PROCESSING PATH GENERATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAME - In devices for generating a path of a tool of a processing machine by way of computer simulation, an NC program is created using a generated processing path. The NC program used to be corrected by verification of actually moving the processing machine. In contrast, the disclosed processing path generation device has been constituted to be provided with a means for calculating a closest distance and direction from a relationship of a position and posture between a tool and a work at an arbitrary point upon the processing path; a means for imparting a color determined by the closest distance and the direction calculated at the point upon the processing path; a means for panoramically displaying the color imparted to the work; and a means for correcting the relationship of the a position and posture between the tool and the work on the basis of information from a display device. | 11-08-2012 |
20130166055 | PRODUCTION SCHEDULE CREATING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention provides a production schedule creating apparatus that acquires daily operation record for each process and changes the production sequence so as to instruct an operation in order to meet due date. A production schedule creating method plans a production schedule of a production process. The production process includes a plurality of operation processes. The production schedule creating method estimates a future status of delivery delay using a current status of the production process, performs a production simulation using a plurality of dispatching rules on a production process where the future delivery delay is estimated by the estimation, selects the most appropriate dispatching method with respect to a threshold value of a production management index of an on-time delivery rate and total overtime hours based on a result of the performed production simulation, and provides a production instruction to the production process using the selected dispatching method. | 06-27-2013 |
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20090059055 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An optical device includes: an optical element including an imaging region, a peripheral circuit region formed at the rim of the imaging region and including a plurality of electrode portions, and a plurality of microlenses formed on the imaging region; a plurality of through-hole electrodes connected to the respective electrode portions and formed through the semiconductor substrate along the thickness of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of metal interconnects connected to the respective through-hole electrodes and formed on a back surface of the semiconductor substrate opposite to a principal surface of the semiconductor substrate; an adhesive member formed on a surface of the optical element and made of a resin; and a transparent board bonded to the optical element with the adhesive member interposed therebetween. The transparent board has a planar shape larger than that of the optical element. | 03-05-2009 |
20090065933 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a semiconductor device that can suppresses poor connection caused by the variation of the heights of bumps during reflow heating, can be applied to a narrow array pitch, and can freely adjust the heights of the bumps. | 03-12-2009 |
20090189276 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor chip, including: a substrate including an front surface; an integrated circuit formed on the front surface and including a plurality of semiconductor elements; and a heat-radiating plug formed in a region of the substrate corresponding to at least one of the semiconductor elements. The heat-radiating plug is made of a material having a thermal conductivity greater than that of the substrate formed in a non-penetrating hole having its opening on a reverse surface of the substrate. | 07-30-2009 |
20090211793 | SUBSTRATE MODULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a substrate module of the present invention, a connection electrode is provided on a first surface of a substrate, and a first penetrating hole portion is running through the substrate in a thickness direction thereof so as to reach a reverse surface of the connection electrode, with a penetrating electrode being provided inside the first penetrating hole portion. The penetrating electrode defines a depression in a position opposing the reverse surface of the connection electrode, and an upper portion of the penetrating electrode is thicker than a side portion of the penetrating electrode. The penetrating electrode is present also on a second surface of the substrate, and is connected to a wiring electrode on the second surface. | 08-27-2009 |
20100148294 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING THE SAME - An optical device such as an image sensor alleviates reduction in image quality caused by light reaching a peripheral circuit section other than a light receiving section. A semiconductor substrate includes an interconnect layer, a light receiving section provided with a plurality of light receiving elements on the interconnect layer, and a peripheral circuit section provided in a same layer as the light receiving section, and surrounding the light receiving section. Light entry elements are provided on a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A light shielding film is formed of a metal layer, and covers at least one part of a region corresponding to the peripheral circuit section. A first electrode is formed in the region corresponding to the peripheral circuit section, and in an opening of the light shielding film to be electrically isolated from the light shielding film. | 06-17-2010 |
20100155962 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a diffusion region provided on a surface portion of a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first line provided on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, a through-hole penetrating the semiconductor substrate in the thickness direction, and a through-hole electrode provided in the through-hole, and contacting a rear surface of the first line and extending to a second surface opposite the first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a recess provided on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate and a second line provided in the recess and electrically connected to the through-hole electrode. | 06-24-2010 |
20110140282 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate, first and second internal electrodes provided on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a first through electrode which penetrates through the semiconductor substrate in a thickness direction and is electrically connected to the first internal electrode; and a second through electrode connected to the second internal electrode, and the second internal electrode is thinner than the first internal electrode. The second through electrode may penetrate through the second internal electrode. | 06-16-2011 |
20110147782 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is an optical device which has an increased rate of an area occupied by an effective optical region to an light-transmissive substrate and less noise due to reflection from a peripheral end face of the light-transmissive substrate. The optical device includes a semiconductor substrate in which a light-receiving element is formed and a light-transmissive substrate provided above the semiconductor substrate so as to cover the light-receiving element and fixed to the semiconductor substrate with an adhesive layer. The light-transmissive substrate has, in a peripheral end face, a curved surface which slopes so as to flare from an upper surface toward a lower surface. | 06-23-2011 |
20110147871 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, which have a device structure ensuring high degrees of reliability and mass-productivity at low cost. | 06-23-2011 |
20110147872 | OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical device includes a semiconductor device, a light receiving part formed on the main surface of the semiconductor device, and a transparent board laminated above the main surface of the semiconductor device, with an adhesive material interposed between the transparent board and the main surface of the semiconductor device. A serrated part is formed on at least one of (i) the main surface that is of the transparent board and faces the semiconductor device and (ii) the back surface of the transparent board. | 06-23-2011 |
20110204487 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a through electrode passing through the semiconductor substrate in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate; an internal electrode provided in a part of the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the through electrode which reaches the part; a first protective film covering the top surface except a part of the internal electrode; a second protective film formed apart from the first protective film, on the part of the internal electrode, the part being not covered by the first protective film; and metal wiring formed on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the through electrode, the second main surface being on a side of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first main surface. | 08-25-2011 |
20120018820 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a converter that converts an acoustic pressure into an electrical signal and an amplifier element that includes an amplifier circuit that amplifies the electrical signal outputted from the converter. The converter includes a pedestal including a cavity formed from an upper face to a lower face thereof, and a vibration film located so as to cover an opening of the cavity on the side of the upper face. The vibration film vibrates in accordance with the acoustic pressure to thereby convert the acoustic pressure into an electrical signal. The amplifier element is located under the converter so as to cover the cavity. | 01-26-2012 |
20120043665 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to the present invention is a semiconductor device that includes: a semiconductor substrate having metal wiring formed on a bottom surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a plurality of wiring layers formed above the semiconductor substrate. The wiring layers include a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer that is formed above the first wiring layer. The semiconductor device further includes: a first through electrode which electrically connects the first wiring layer and the metal wiring; a second through electrode which electrically connects the second wiring layer and the metal wiring; and at least one layer difference adjustment film formed between the semiconductor substrate and the wiring layers. The at least one layer difference adjustment film includes a layer difference adjustment film formed on a region excluding a region corresponding to the second through electrode. | 02-23-2012 |
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20110242728 | CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A ceramic electronic component includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and an intermediate layer. The first dielectric layer is a layer containing BaO, Nd | 10-06-2011 |
20110245066 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIELECTRIC CERAMIC, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWDER FOR PRODUCING DIELECTRIC CERAMIC - A dielectric ceramic includes a main component and a minor component. The main component includes a BaTi | 10-06-2011 |
20120004090 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIELECTRIC CERAMIC, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Provided is a dielectric ceramic that includes a main component which contains Mg | 01-05-2012 |
20130093933 | ELECTRIC CAMERA - An electric camera includes an image sensing device with a light receiving surface having N vertically arranged pixels and an arbitrary number of pixels arranged horizontally, N being equal to or more than three times the number of effective scanning lines M of a display screen of a television system, a driver to drive the image sensing device to vertically mix or cull signal charges accumulated in individual pixels of K pixels to produce, during a vertical effective scanning period of the television system, a number of lines of output signals which corresponds to 1/K the number of vertically arranged pixels N of the image sensing device, K being an integer equal to or less than an integral part of a quotient of N divided by M, and a signal processing unit having a function of generating image signals by using the output signals of the image sensing device. | 04-18-2013 |
20130177016 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, PACKET HANDLING OPERATION SETTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A control apparatus sets, in a node located at the start point of an aggregatable segment of two or more packet forwarding paths including the aggregatable segment, a packet handling operation for each flow, the packet handling operation being for writing a flow identifier for identifying the flow and a path identifier used for packet forwarding through the aggregatable segment in a region of each of packets to be matched against the matching rule and then causing the packet to be output. The packets respectively belong to the individual flows, and each of the packets is to be forwarded through a corresponding one of the two or more packet forwarding paths. Further, the control apparatus sets, in a node located intermediate on the aggregatable segment, a common packet handling operation for causing the packet that matches the path identifier to be forwarded according to the packet forwarding path. Then, the control apparatus sets, in a node located at the end point of the aggregatable segment, a packet handling operation for performing restoration and forwarding based on the flow identifier. | 07-11-2013 |
20130311544 | STORAGE SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONNECTION METHOD - The storage system in the present invention includes: plural control units for controlling data sending/reception independently for each network; a management unit provided between a management computer and the control units, for managing the control units based on a command sent from the management computer; a virtual communication channel creation unit for creating a virtual communication channel between the management unit and the control units; a virtual communication channel connection unit for separately connecting the management unit and each control unit to the virtual communication channel created by the virtual communication channel creation unit; and a sending unit for sending, to each control unit, a command sent from the management computer via the virtual communication channel connected by the virtual communication channel connection unit. | 11-21-2013 |
20140163933 | MANUFACTURING LINE DESIGNING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING LINE DESIGNING METHOD - Conventional manufacturing line designing had a problem in that, when making the number of places for keeping partly-finished products (number of buffers) more appropriate in a factory layout, calculation took considerable time because a design proposal was selected through trial and error and a manufacturing line simulation was executed each time a design proposal was selected. A manufacturing line designing apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in being provided with: a production simulation execution unit that predicts future production capacity and the number of partly-finished products by simulating a manufacturing line; a buffer utilization rate calculation unit that calculates a buffer utilization rate that is the ratio of the number of buffers for each of the processes with respect to the maximum number of buffers and the average number of buffers during the simulation period; and a number-of-buffers reducing unit that reduces the number of buffers successively, starting from a process having a low buffer utilization rate, and repeats the calculation until the total number of buffers is minimized, to determine the number of buffers to be placed between the processes. | 06-12-2014 |
20140180465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A CUTTING PROCESS AUTOMATIC GENERATION TOOL OF CAM - In a conventional CAM apparatus, cutting regions and a tool axis angle by which the cutting time is minimized cannot be automatically set for a finish shape having a free formed surface shape. Accordingly, the CAM apparatus generates quadrangle-shaped patterns of cutting regions using coordinate data of a finish shape and an initial shape. Triangle-shaped cutting regions are generated for concave-convex faces of the finish shape. For cutting regions generated by subtraction by boolean operation with a subtract shape calculated by subtraction by boolean operation between the initial shape and the finish shape, the tool axis angle is set so that the tool does not interfere and the face is maximized. For other regions, the tool axis is set so as to satisfy a remainder standard and to minimize a tool path length. | 06-26-2014 |
20140232915 | ELECTRIC CAMERA - An electric camera includes an image sensing device with a light receiving surface having N vertically arranged pixels and an arbitrary number of pixels arranged horizontally, N being equal to or more than three times the number of effective scanning lines M of a display screen of a television system, a driver to drive the image sensing device to vertically mix or cull signal charges accumulated in individual pixels of K pixels to produce, during a vertical effective scanning period of the television system, a number of lines of output signals which corresponds to 1/K the number of vertically arranged pixels N of the image sensing device, K being an integer equal to or less than an integral part of a quotient of N divided by M, and a signal processing unit having a function of generating image signals by using the output signals of the image sensing device. | 08-21-2014 |
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20110242834 | Headlamp assembly for motor vehicle - In a light chamber formed by a housing case and a lens cover placed at a front part (which is open) of the housing case in a headlamp assembly, a projection lens, a shade and a light source are arranged in order from the front side of the light chamber along an optical axis of the light source. A reflector for reflecting light emitted from the light source is placed at a position which is opposite to the light source. A radiating member is composed of radiating fins of a plate shape vertically placed in the light chamber, and radiates heat energy generated by the light source to surrounding air. A control plate surrounds and crosses at a right angle to the radiating fins in the light chamber. The control plate has a size of suppressing air-convection around the radiating fins and is fixed to the housing case through poles. | 10-06-2011 |
20110309750 | Illuminant device with enhanced heat dissipation ability - An illuminant device designed to activate a light source selectively in a plurality of lighting modes. The illuminant device includes a plurality of circuit boards having thermal conductivity and a plurality of lighting circuits each of which is operable to activate the light source in a selected one of the lighting modes. The lighting circuits are mounted on the circuit boards so that when the light source is being activated, the circuit boards will be different in temperature thereof from each other due to heat generated in at least one of the lighting circuits which is activating the light source. The illuminant device also includes a connector which couples the lighting boards together to transfer the heat therebetween, thereby enhancing the dissipation of the heat. | 12-22-2011 |
20120001547 | Lighting control apparatus with diagnosis and warning feature - A lighting control apparatus for a vehicle is provided which works to diagnose a malfunction of a light source which includes a plurality of lighting devices such as LEDs and emits light outside the vehicle. The lighting control apparatus determines a state of the vehicle. When the light source is determined to be malfunctioning, the lighting control apparatus operates the light source in one of predetermined warning lighting modes which is selected based on the state of the vehicle. This attracts a vehicle user's attention to the malfunctioning light source. | 01-05-2012 |
20120146506 | LIGHT QUANTITY CONTROL APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A light quantity control apparatus, which controls light quantity of a light of a vehicle, includes a traffic-jam-information obtaining unit obtaining traffic-jam-information including information on positions and on presence/absence of a traffic jam, a vehicle-position obtaining unit obtaining a position of a vehicle, a traffic-jam identifying unit identifying whether the vehicle is in a traffic jam based on the traffic-jam-information and the position of the vehicle, a traffic-jam-time light quantity control unit decreasing the light quantity compared with a normal time if the vehicle is in a traffic jam, an urban-district obtaining unit obtaining information on whether or not the vehicle is in an urban district or near an intersection, and an urban-district-traveling-time light quantity control unit decreasing the light quantity compared with a case where the vehicle is in an area other than urban districts and intersections if the vehicle is in the urban district or near an intersection. | 06-14-2012 |
20120161633 | LIGHTING APPARATUS AND LIGHTING FITTING - A lighting apparatus is provided which includes a drive section which applies electric current to a light source which is a semiconductor element emitting light with application of electric current, at least one heat sink which is mounted with the light source and transfers heat generated by the emission of the light source, and a temperature measurement section which is mounted to the heat sink and measures temperature of the heat sink which is used for estimating temperature of the light source. The light source and the drive section are mounted to the same heat sink or to the heat sinks which are thermally coupled to each other. | 06-28-2012 |
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20130086317 | PASSING HINT OF PAGE ALLOCATION OF THIN PROVISIONING WITH MULTIPLE VIRTUAL VOLUMES FIT TO PARALLEL DATA ACCESS - An information system comprises: a storage system including a processor, a memory, and a plurality of virtual volumes to be allocated pages from a storage pool of volumes; and a metadata server which, upon receiving from a client a write request containing file data to be written to a virtual volume in the storage system, returns the write request to the client with parallel information which is added to a data layout of the file data to be written in the virtual volume. The storage system, upon receiving the write request with the parallel information, allocates, based on the parallel information, pages from the storage pool to the virtual volume for writing the file data, so that the data layout is striped and the allocated pages fit striped data access according to the striped data layout. | 04-04-2013 |
20130291066 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO KEEP CONSISTENCY OF ACLS AMONG A META DATA SERVER AND DATA SERVERS - Exemplary embodiments may involve a meta-data server that manages data-server access control list (DS ACL) information. Each entry of this DS ACL information may include an address of a data server, an identification or a range address of chunk data on the data server, a file path of the chunk data in the file tree provided by the meta-data server, and addresses of the permitted clients. The meta-data server may determine the addresses of the permitted clients for the chunk data by retrieving the original file path of chunk data from layout information of the meta-data server, and by retrieving the entry containing the directory path that partially matches with the original file path from an access control list of the meta-data server. | 10-31-2013 |