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20110015662 | PUNCTURE DEVICE - A puncture device capable of preventing needle stick accidents and of reducing the burden on patients during operation. In this puncture device, a puncture needle cartridge comprises: a lancet body having a puncture needle at one end with the other end being to be held by a puncture instrument body; a protective cap; and a puncture needle holder engaged with the lancet body to rotate together with the lancet body about a rotation axis P. A mounting member rotates together with the puncture needle holder with a boss guided by a slit through being pressed by the puncture needle cartridge in a direction of mounting in a case, and is mounted in the case. The protective cap, formed integrally with the lancet body, is prevented from rotating by being grasped and is separated from the lancet body with the rotation of the mounting member. | 01-20-2011 |
20110196409 | PUNCTURE NEEDLE CARTRIDGE - To provide a puncture needle cartridge which can prevent a used lancet from being reused. A puncture needle cartridge | 08-11-2011 |
20130253560 | PUNCTURING INSTRUMENT - The invention comprises: a cylindrical main body case ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130323124 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A biological sample measurement apparatus includes container ( | 12-05-2013 |
20130331879 | PUNCTURE NEEDLE CARTRIDGE - To provide a puncture needle cartridge which can prevent a used lancet from being reused. A puncture needle cartridge includes a puncture needle holder configured to be cylindrical, placed on an outer circumferential surface of a lancet body, and provided with an opening through which a puncture needle is allowed to protrude, and a protective cap adapted to cover and protect the opening and configured to be separable from the puncture needle holder. The protective cap includes a base adapted to cover the opening when the protective cap is joined and a pair of raised walls which protrude from the base toward the puncture needle holder and whose tip portions are placed facing each other. Tip portions of the raised walls pinch the puncture needle holder by spreading against elastic deformation when the protective cap is joined to the puncture needle holder, and when the protective cap is separated from the puncture needle holder, a space between the tip portions becomes smaller than outside diameter of the puncture needle holder due to elastic deformation. | 12-12-2013 |
20140364767 | LIQUID SAMPLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - This liquid sample measurement device is provided with: a lancet mounting part to and from which a lancet device having a skin contact section for puncturing skin can be attached and detached; a sensor mounting part to which a biosensor, which is spotted with blood that comes out from the punctured skin, can be attached; and a measurement part that uses the biosensor attached to the sensor mounting part to measure the amounts of substances in the blood. The liquid sample measurement device includes a feature that makes it necessary to replace a lancet device that has been attached to the lance mounting part and has punctured skin, each time a lancet device is used to puncture skin. | 12-11-2014 |
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20080228949 | Mobile terminal, printing system and printing method - A first reception section is operable to receive an input to designate thumbnails of printing images from an image storage server. A first transmitter is operable to transmit an image transmission request for requesting the thumbnails to the image storage server when the input to designate the thumbnails is received by the first reception section. A first receiver is operable to receive the thumbnails from the image storage server. A second reception section is operable to receive a designation of the printing images based on the thumbnails received by the first receiver. A local area transceiver is operable to transmit an identification information request for requesting identification information of a printing device to the printing device using a local area radio communication and receives the identification information from the printing device. A second transmitter is operable to transmit the image transmission request for requesting the printing images when an input to designate the printing images corresponding to the thumbnails is received by the second reception section. A third transmitter is operable to transmit the identification information received from the local area transceiver to the image storage server. A second receiver is operable to receive the printing images from the image storage server. The local area transceiver transmits the printing images received from the image storage server by the second receiver to the printing device. | 09-18-2008 |
20090201535 | Posting server, sending terminal, posting server control method, and sending terminal control method - Prior to delivery of content data, SIP servers | 08-13-2009 |
20090201536 | Posting server, printing terminal, posting server control method, and printing terminal control method - When a printable term is set for content data, a posting server | 08-13-2009 |
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20090096356 | Light-emitting device material and light-emitting device - A light emitting device material containing a pyrene compound of formula (1) and a light emitting device. In formula (1), R | 04-16-2009 |
20100038634 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE MATERIAL AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device material comprises a pyrene compound represented by formula (1) below. Also disclosed is a light emitting device using such a material. (R | 02-18-2010 |
20100108992 | Light-emitting device - The present invention provides a light emitting device comprising at least an emissive layer existing between an anode and a cathode, which emits light by means of electric energy. The light emitting device contains a compound having a pyrromethene skeletal structure with a specific structure or a metal complex thereof and a naphthacene derivative, and thus the light emitting device has high luminance efficiency and excellent durability. | 05-06-2010 |
20100163852 | Material for light-emitting device and light-emitting device - The present invention provides a light emitting device material which enables a light emitting device having high efficiency and excellent chromatic purity and durability using a light emitting device material containing a pyrene compound represented by formula (1), wherein any one of R | 07-01-2010 |
20100264406 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE MATERIAL AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device material containing a pyrromethene compound represented by the general formula (1). It realized a luminescent element having a high luminescent efficiency and excellent color purity. Also provided is a luminescent element employing the materials. | 10-21-2010 |
20110121268 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - The present invention relates to an organic thin-film light emitting device containing an organic compound represented by formula (1) and a donor compound. the light emitting device ca achieve both of the low-voltage driving operation and high luminance efficiency. | 05-26-2011 |
20120138907 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE MATERIAL AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - Embodiments provide a light emitting device material characterized by containing an anthracene compound represented by the following general formula. | 06-07-2012 |
20140027754 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE MATERIAL AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a light emitting device material containing a compound having a specific pyrene structure, capable of providing an organic thin-film light emitting device which enables high-efficiency light emission and low-voltage driving, and is also excellent in durability; and a light emitting device using the same. | 01-30-2014 |
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20100101748 | HIGH-STRENGTH AND HIGH-DUCTILITY AL ALLOY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide an Al—Zn—Mg—Cu 7000-series Al alloy having high ductility as well as having high strength. For attaining this purpose, an Al alloy having a structure in which an inclusion is not included is produced by reducing an amount of oxygen contained in an Al alloy that is obtained by solidifying a preform resulting from rapid solidification by preferably spray forming a molten metal of an Al—Zn—Mg—Cu 7000-series Al alloy with an inert gas. This Al alloy has, as mechanical properties at an ordinary temperature, a tensile strength of 600 MPa or more, and an elongation of 15% or more when the tensile strength is from 600 MPa or more and less than 800 MPa or an elongation of 10% or more when the tensile strength is 800 MPa or more, and is excellent in cold workability such as rollability. | 04-29-2010 |
20110017367 | MAGNESIUM ALLOY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A magnesium alloy having excellent strength and elongation at high temperatures and further having excellent creep characteristics at high temperatures. Also provided is a process for producing the alloy. In producing the magnesium alloy, a magnesium alloy containing yttrium and samarium in respective specific amounts is cast and the resultant cast is subjected to a solution heat treatment, subsequently hot working, and then an aging treatment, thereby reducing the average crystal grain diameter of the structure. In addition, the amounts of the yttrium and samarium in solution in the magnesium matrix are balanced with the number of precipitate particles of a specific size in the crystal grains. The magnesium alloy thus obtained has excellent strength and elongation at high temperatures and further having excellent creep characteristics at high temperatures. | 01-27-2011 |
20110097595 | STEEL MATERIAL FOR DISSIMILAR METAL JOINING, JOINED BODY OF DISSIMILAR METALS AND PROCESS FOR JOINING DISSIMILAR METAL MATERIALS - A joined body of dissimilar metals which is produced by joining a steel material and an aluminum alloy material, wherein the steel material to be joined has a specific composition and is specified in the compositions of outer surface oxide layer and inner oxide layer and the aluminum alloy material to be joined is an Al—Mg—Si-base aluminum alloy having a specific composition. In the joined body of dissimilar metals, a content of Fe at a joint interface on the aluminum alloy material side is regulated, and a reaction layer of Fe and Al is formed at the joint interface of the joined body of dissimilar metals. The joined body of dissimilar metals exhibits high joint strength. | 04-28-2011 |
20110198602 | ALUMINUM ALLOY FILM FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SPUTTERING TARGET - Disclosed is an Al alloy film which can be in direct contact with a transparent pixel electrode in a wiring structure of a thin film transistor substrate that is used in a display device, and which has improved corrosion resistance against an amine remover liquid that is used during the production process of the thin film transistor. Also disclosed is a display device using the Al alloy film. Specifically disclosed is an Al alloy film for a display device, said Al alloy film being directly connected with a transparent conductive film on a substrate of a display device, and containing 0.05-2.0 atom % of Ge, at least one element selected from among element group X (Ni, Ag, Co, Zn and Cu), and 0.02-2 atom % of at least one element selected from among element group Q consisting of the rare earth elements. A Ge-containing deposit and/or a Ge-concentrated part is present in the Al alloy film for a display device. Also specifically disclosed is a display device comprising the Al alloy film. | 08-18-2011 |
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20090101323 | COPPER ALLOY TUBE FOR HEAT EXCHANGER EXCELLENT IN FRACTURE STRENGTH - The present invention provides a copper alloy tube for heat exchangers which is tolerable to a high operating pressure of new cooling media such as carbon dioxide and HFC-based fluorocarbons, and is excellent in fracture strength, even if the tube is thinned, and a copper alloy tube for a heat exchanger which has a composition having specified amounts of Sn and P, has an average crystal grain size of 30 μm or less and has a high strength of 250 MPa or more of a tensile strength in the longitudinal direction of the tube improves the fracture strength as a texture in which the orientation distribution density in the Goss orientation is 4% or less. | 04-23-2009 |
20120121931 | STEEL MATERIAL FOR DISSIMILAR METAL JOINING, JOINED BODY OF DISSIMILAR METALS AND PROCESS FOR JOINING DISSIMILAR METAL MATERIALS - A joined body of dissimilar metals which is produced by joining a steel material and an aluminum alloy material, wherein the steel material to be joined has a specific composition and is specified in the compositions of outer surface oxide layer and inner oxide layer and the aluminum alloy material to be joined is an Al—Mg-base or Al—Zn—Mg-base aluminum alloy having a specific composition. In the joined body of dissimilar metals, a content of Fe at a joint interface on the aluminum alloy material side is regulated, and a reaction layer of Fe and Al is formed at the joint interface of the joined body of dissimilar metals. The joined body of dissimilar metals exhibits high joint strength. | 05-17-2012 |
20120325655 | A1-BASED ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET - The present invention provides a technique capable of suppressing generation of splash even at high-speed deposition by an Al-based alloy sputtering target containing Ni and a rare earth element, wherein when crystallographic orientations <001>, <011>, <111>, <012> and <112> in a normal direction of each sputtering surface at a surface part of the Al-based alloy sputtering target, a ¼×t (t: thickness of the Al-based alloy sputtering target) part thereof and a ½×t part thereof are observed by an electron backscatter diffraction pattern method, the Al-based alloy sputtering target satisfies the requirement (1) that, when a total of area fractions of the <001>±15°, <011>±15° and <112>±15° is defined as R (as for Rat each part, the R at the surface part is defined as R | 12-27-2012 |
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20090104528 | Electrode for Lithium Secondary Battery, Lithium Secondary Battery and Method for Producing the Same - An electrode for a lithium secondary battery including a sheet-like current collector and an active material layer carried on the current collector. The active material layer is capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium, and the active material layer includes a plurality of columnar particles having at least one bend. An angle θ | 04-23-2009 |
20110148284 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A substrate for semiconductor device includes a graphite substrate, an amorphous carbon layer having a thickness of not less than 20 nm and not more than 60 nm formed on the graphite substrate and an AlN layer formed on the amorphous carbon layer. The amorphous carbon layer is obtained by oxidizing the surface of the graphite substrate. | 06-23-2011 |
20110174626 | SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A single crystal of zinc oxide which is c-axis oriented with use of electrolytic deposition method is formed on an amorphous carbon layer, after the amorphous carbon layer is provided on an inexpensive graphite substrate. The amorphous carbon layer is provided by oxidizing the surface of the graphite substrate. | 07-21-2011 |
20110203651 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A solar cell includes a graphite substrate, an amorphous carbon layer having a thickness of not less than 20 nm and not more than 60 nm formed on the graphite substrate, an AlN layer formed on the amorphous carbon layer, a n-type nitride semiconductor layer formed on the AlN layer; a light-absorption layer including a nitride semiconductor layer formed on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer; a p-type nitride semiconductor layer formed on the light-absorption layer; a p-side electrode electrically connected to the p-type nitride semiconductor layer; and an n-side electrode electrically connected to the n-type nitride semiconductor layer. The amorphous carbon layer is obtained by oxidizing the surface of the graphite substrate. | 08-25-2011 |
20110298006 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor light emitting device includes a nitride semiconductor layer including a first cladding layer, an active layer, and a second cladding layer, and a current blocking layer configured to selectively inject a current into the active layer. The second cladding layer has a stripe-shaped ridge portion. The current blocking layer is formed in regions on both sides of the ridge portion, and is made of zinc oxide having a crystalline structure. | 12-08-2011 |
20120027919 | ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An electrode for a lithium secondary battery including a sheet-like current collector and an active material layer carried on the current collector. The active material layer is capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium, and the active material layer includes a plurality of columnar particles having at least one bend. An angle θ | 02-02-2012 |
20120043524 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - An light emitting diode includes an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a multiple quantum well layer, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, a window electrode layer, a p-side electrode, and an n-side electrode, which are stacked in this order. The n-side electrode is electrically connected to the n-type nitride semiconductor layer. The window electrode layer comprises an n-type single-crystalline ITO transparent film and an n-type single-crystalline ZnO transparent film. The p-type nitride semiconductor layer is in contact with the n-type single-crystalline ITO transparent film. The light-emitting diode further comprises a plurality of single-crystalline ZnO rods formed on the n-type single-crystalline ZnO transparent film. The respective lower portions of the single-crystalline ZnO rods have a shape of an inverted taper, which sharpens from the single-crystalline n-type ZnO transparent film toward the n-type nitride semiconductor layer. | 02-23-2012 |
20120104354 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A light-emitting diode includes an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a multiple quantum well, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, a window electrode layer, a p-side electrode, and an n-side electrode, which are stacked in this order. The window electrode layer comprises an n-type single-crystalline ITO transparent film and an n-type single-crystalline ZnO transparent film. The p-type nitride semiconductor layer is in contact with the n-type single-crystalline ITO transparent film, the n-type single-crystalline ITO transparent film is in contact with the n-type single-crystalline ZnO transparent film, and the p-side electrode is in connected with the n-type single-crystalline ZnO transparent film. The n-type single-crystalline ITO transparent film contains Ga, a molar ratio of Ga/(In+Ga) being not less than 0.08 and not more than 0.5. Thickness of the n-type single-crystalline ITO transparent film is not less than 1.1 nm and not more than 55 nm. | 05-03-2012 |
20120211073 | SOLAR CELL - A method of fabricating a solar cell includes steps of: forming an amorphous carbon layer, an AlN layer and a first n-type nitride semiconductor layer on the surface of the graphite substrate, forming a mask layer with a plurality of openings on the first n-type nitride semiconductor layer; forming a plurality of second n-type nitride semiconductor layers on the portions of the first n-type nitride semiconductor layer which are exposed by the plurality of openings; forming a plurality of light absorption layers on the plurality of second n-type nitride semiconductor layers; forming a plurality of p-side nitride semiconductor layers on the plurality of the light absorption layers; forming a p-side electrode; and forming an n-side electrode. | 08-23-2012 |
20120273038 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A solar cell includes a graphite substrate, an amorphous carbon layer having a thickness of not less than 20 nm and not more than 60 nm formed on the graphite substrate, an AlN layer formed on the amorphous carbon layer, a n-type nitride semiconductor layer formed on the AlN layer; a light-absorption layer including a nitride semiconductor layer formed on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer; a p-type nitride semiconductor layer formed on the light-absorption layer; a p-side electrode electrically connected to the p-type nitride semiconductor layer; and an n-side electrode electrically connected to the n-type nitride semiconductor layer. The amorphous carbon layer is obtained by oxidizing the surface of the graphite substrate. | 11-01-2012 |
20120305401 | SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A single crystal of zinc oxide which is c-axis oriented with use of electrolytic deposition method is formed on an amorphous carbon layer, after the amorphous carbon layer is provided on an inexpensive graphite substrate. The amorphous carbon layer is provided by oxidizing the surface of the graphite substrate. | 12-06-2012 |
20140071683 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LED ELEMENT AND SEMICONDUCTOR LASER LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT - A wavelength conversion element disclosed in the present application includes a phosphor layer including a plurality of phosphor particles and a matrix that is located among the plurality of phosphor particles and is formed of zinc oxide. The zinc oxide is columnar crystals or a single crystal in a c-axis orientation. | 03-13-2014 |
20140072812 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT INCLUDING PHOSPHOR PARTICLES, AND LED ELEMENT AND SEMICONDUCTOR LASER LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT - A wavelength conversion element includes: a plurality of phosphor particles; a first matrix located among a part of the plurality of phosphor particles and formed of zinc oxide in a c-axis orientation; and a second matrix located among a remaining part of the plurality of phosphor particles and formed of a material having a refractive index that is lower than a refractive index of the zinc oxide. | 03-13-2014 |
20140353702 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A wavelength conversion element includes a phosphor layer including phosphor particles configured to be excited by light from a light source and a matrix located among the phosphor particles; and a column-shaped structural body including at least two kinds of column-shaped bodies periodically arranged and in contact with the phosphor layer. The column-shaped bodies have different heights and/or different thicknesses. The column-shaped structural body is a photonic crystal. | 12-04-2014 |
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20100080069 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A NAND type flash memory for erasing data every block including plural memory cell transistors that are provided every block and have floating gates formed through first gate insulating film above a well formed in a semiconductor substrate and control gates formed through second gate insulating film above the floating gates, data in the memory cell transistors being rewritable by controlling charge amounts accumulated in the floating gates, and a row decoder having a plurality of MOS transistors having drains that are respectively connected to corresponding word lines connected to the control gates of the plurality of memory cell transistors, the row decoder controlling gate and source voltages of the MOS transistors. | 04-01-2010 |
20100241794 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a memory cell array provided to perform programming in page units; and a control circuit provided to control the programming. The control circuit includes: means that performs a first detection for memory cells in a part provided as a unit smaller than a page, concurrently with programming to memory cells to be written in a page; and means that subjects the memory cells in the page to a second detection that takes into consideration a failure relief due to a redundant region, when the number of memory cells of unwritten state in the part as detected by the first detection becomes equal to or less than a first constant, and that ends the program operation when the number of memory cells of unwritten state in the page becomes equal to or less than a second constant. | 09-23-2010 |
20130246730 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WRITING THEREIN - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of blocks in a memory cell, each of the blocks acting as an erasure unit of data, the block including a plurality of pages, each of the pages including a plurality of memory cell transistors, each of the memory cell transistors being configured to be an erasure state or a first retention state based on a threshold voltage of the memory cell transistor, and a controller searching data in the block with respect to, writing a first flag denoting effective into a prescribed page of the block with the erasure state, and writing the first flag denoting non-effective into a prescribed page of the block with the first retention state, reading out the prescribed page of the block with the first retention state, and determining that the block is writable when the first flag denotes effective. | 09-19-2013 |
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20100124128 | NAND FLASH MEMORY - A NAND flash memory in which data is erased in blocks, has a plurality of memory cell transistors provided in each of the blocks, the memory cell transistor having a floating gate which is formed via a first gate insulating film on a well formed on a semiconductor substrate and a control gate which is formed on the floating gate via a second gate insulating film, and being capable of rewriting data by controlling an amount of charge accumulated on the floating gate; and a row decoder having a plurality of n-type transfer MOS transistors having drains respectively connected to word lines respectively connected to the control gates of the plurality of memory cell transistors, the row decoder controlling gate voltages and source voltages of the transfer MOS transistors. | 05-20-2010 |
20100208519 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF READING THE SAME - First and second data retaining circuits retain data read from memory cell and threshold voltage information indicating where in one of plural threshold voltage distributions threshold voltage of memory cell is located. Calculation device executes calculations among data retained in first and second data retaining circuit and data read by sense amplifier. | 08-19-2010 |
20100309721 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cells, a bit line, a sense amplifier, a memory circuit and an arithmetic circuit. The memory cells store multiple values in one memory cell. The bit line connected with the memory cells. The sense amplifier supplies a write voltage to the bit line. The memory circuit stores one of write data that is to be written in the memory cell and the number of writes. The arithmetic circuit changes the write data stored in the memory circuit to the number of writes and updates the number of writes. The arithmetic circuit controls the write voltage supplied from the sense amplifier based on the write data, and sets the number of writes in accordance with the write data stored in the memory circuit upon confirmation that each memory cell has reached a predetermined threshold voltage. | 12-09-2010 |
20120201077 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes memory cells storing data of multi-level, a bit scan circuit to scan the number of to-be-written memory cells and the number of memory cells that have passed the verify, a processing unit to perform an operation process based on a scan result of the bit scan circuit, and a control circuit to control an operation of writing data according to a first mode in which a voltage used for an upper-data writing is calculated during a lower-data writing and a second mode used a voltage based on setting information. The bit scan circuit scans the number of to-be-written memory cells before starting writing and the processing unit compares the number of to-be-written memory cells with a criterion and determines one of the first and second modes for the writing based on a result of comparison. | 08-09-2012 |
20120243330 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes an erase circuit executing an erase sequence, wherein in the erase sequence, the erase circuit executes: an erase operation to change a selection memory cell group to an erased state, after the erase operation, a soft program operation on the selection memory cell group to solve over-erased state, and after the soft program operation, a first soft program verification operation performed on at least one partial selection memory cell group of a first partial selection memory cell group and a second partial selection memory cell group so as to confirm whether the partial selection memory cell group includes a predetermined number of memory cells or more that have threshold values equal to or more than a predetermined first threshold value, and after the first soft program verification operation. | 09-27-2012 |
20130070546 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to the embodiment comprises a memory cell array including plural blocks arranged in a first direction, each block containing plural memory cells operative to store data; a row decoder including a faulty block information holder circuit operative to store faulty block information indicative that the block is a faulty block; and a faulty block detector circuit operative to, when each of block groups includes at least one of the plural blocks, subject one of the block groups to a first detection step of simultaneously and intensively referring to pieces of faulty block information respectively corresponding to the plural blocks in one of the block groups simultaneously to detect whether the block group contains a faulty block. | 03-21-2013 |
20140050028 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A memory includes memory cells and a sense amplifier including a sense node that transmits a voltage according to a current flowing in one of the memory cells and detects logic of data based on the voltage of the sense node. A write sequence of writing data in a selected cell is performed by repeating write loops each including a write stage of writing data in the selected cell and a verify read stage of verifying that the data has been written in the selected cell by performing discharge from the sense node through the selected cell. The sense amplifier changes, according to a logic of data detected at the verify read stage in a first write loop, a period of discharge from the sense node to the selected cell at the verify read stage in a second write loop following the first write loop. | 02-20-2014 |
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20100113853 | Method of Purifying 2,7-Dimethylnaphthalene - [Object] To provide a method of making high-purity 2,7-dimethylnaphthalene from a dimethylnaphthalene isomer mixture at high yield by a simple industrial process with low production costs. | 05-06-2010 |
20100168474 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF XYLYLENEDIAMINE - A method of producing xylylenediamine by the hydrogenation of dicyanobenzene obtained by the ammoxidation of xylene in a high yield while prolonging the catalyst life. In the method, a molten dicyanobenzene from which compounds having a boiling point lower than that of dicyanobenzene have been removed but compounds having a boiling point higher than that of dicyanobenzene are not removed is dissolved in a solvent containing liquid ammonia. By this dissolution, at least part of dicyanobenzene polymers precipitates as insolubles. The precipitates are removed by a solid-liquid separation. By subjecting the resulting solution containing the dicyanobenzene polymers in a reduced amount to hydrogenation, xylylenediamine is produced in a high yield and the life time of hydrogenation catalyst is prolonged. | 07-01-2010 |
20110245540 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING XYLYLENEDIAMINE - The invention provides a process for producing xylylenediamine, including supplying a solution of phthalonitrile dissolved in a solvent to a reactor filled with a catalyst and hydrogenating the phthalonitrile to produce xylylenediamine, characterized in that the process includes halting supply of the solution; (2) bringing a washing liquid into contact with the catalyst, the washing liquid having a phthalonitrile content of 3 mass % or less and a xylylenediamine content of 1 mass % or more; and after completion of the contact, resuming supply of the solution, and employing the catalyst continuously in hydrogenation. Through the production process of the invention, the catalyst can be employed continuously for a long period of time, and the catalyst-related cost can be considerably reduced. | 10-06-2011 |
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20090100876 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER BASE MATERIAL AND APPARATUS OF THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an optical fiber base material includes: forming a porous glass base material by depositing glass particles; providing a synthetic quartz glass vessel at least partly made of quartz glass which contains aluminum equal to or less than 0.01 ppm; introducing dehydration reaction gas and inert gas into the vessel; heating a portion made of quartz glass which contains aluminum equal to or less than 0.01 ppm in the vessel that contains the dehydration reaction gas and the inert gas; and inserting the porous glass base material into the heated vessel to dehydrate and sinter the porous glass base material. | 04-23-2009 |
20090211302 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER BASE MATERIAL AND APPARATUS OF THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an optical fiber base material includes: forming a porous glass base material by depositing glass particles; providing a vessel which employs a composite tube, the composite tube including a portion formed by jacketing a first quartz glass containing aluminum equal to or less than 0.01 ppm with a second quartz glass containing aluminum equal to or more than 15 ppm; introducing dehydration reaction gas and inert gas into the vessel; heating the jacketed portion in the vessel which contains the dehydration reaction gas and the inert gas; and inserting the porous glass base material into the heated vessel to dehydrate and sinter the porous glass base material. | 08-27-2009 |
20100011813 | QUARTZ GLASS MANUFACTURING METHOD AND QUARTZ GLASS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - Provided is a quartz glass manufacturing method that involves using one or more burners, supplying hydrogen and oxygen to the one or more burners to generate an oxyhydrogen flame, introducing a silicide into the oxyhydrogen flame, forming a porous base material by depositing silicon dioxide generated from a flame hydrolysis reaction with the silicide, and heating and sintering the porous base material to form transparent glass, the method comprising supplying hydrogen that is stored or made at a normal temperature to the one or more burners; controlling a hydrogen flow rate using a measurement apparatus or control apparatus that performs measurement based on heat capacity of a gas; vaporizing liquid hydrogen stored in a low-temperature storage chamber, and supplying the vaporized liquid hydrogen to the one or more burners as backup hydrogen; switching from the hydrogen to the backup hydrogen; and when switching, adjusting the hydrogen flow rate to a value obtained by multiplying the hydrogen flow rate immediately after switching by a predetermined correction coefficient. | 01-21-2010 |
20100015038 | HYDROGEN SUPPLY EQUIPMENT - Provided is hydrogen supply equipment that, when switching hydrogen supplied to equipment using hydrogen from (i) hydrogen produced at a normal temperature or hydrogen stored at a normal temperature to (ii) hydrogen stored at a low temperature, supplies the equipment using hydrogen with normal hydrogen obtained by returning the hydrogen at the low temperature to a normal temperature and then passing this hydrogen through equipment for accelerating a conversion from parahydrogen to orthohydrogen. | 01-21-2010 |
20100209859 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING HYDROGEN GAS, AND QUARTZ GLASS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - There is provided an apparatus for supplying a hydrogen gas to a quartz glass manufacturing apparatus including a burner that generates an oxyhydrogen flame when supplied with the hydrogen gas, where the apparatus includes: a first hydrogen supply system that supplies a hydrogen gas in which isotopes are in equilibrium; a second hydrogen supply system that supplies a hydrogen gas in which isotopes are out of equilibrium; a flow rate control section that includes: a valve that changes a flow rate of the hydrogen gas to be supplied to the burner; a first flow rate measuring section that measures the flow rate of the hydrogen gas to be supplied to the burner by measuring a heat capacity; and a control section that controls the valve in such a manner that a measured value obtained by the first flow rate measuring section approaches a set value input from outside; a second flow rate measuring section that measures the flow rate of the hydrogen gas to be supplied to the burner by measuring a different factor than the heat capacity; and a set value compensating section that compensates the set value by multiplying the set value by a ratio between the measured value obtained by the first flow rate measuring section and a measured value obtained by the second flow rate measuring section. | 08-19-2010 |
20110107797 | OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM MANUFACTURING METHOD AND OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An optical fiber base material manufacturing method includes: supplying oxygen, hydrogen, and silicide to a core deposition burner; depositing silicon dioxide; adjusting a drawing up speed so that a deposition tip position remains at the same position in accordance with growth of a porous base material; calculating an average of the drawing up speed at each preset time interval; calculating a difference of the calculated average from a preset value of the drawing up speed; correcting a flow rate of silicon tetrachloride when the supplied hydrogen is hydrogen produced or stored at normal temperature, and correcting a flow rate of hydrogen when the supplied hydrogen is hydrogen obtained by vaporizing liquid hydrogen, where when correcting the flow rate of hydrogen, a flow rate of hydrogen supplied to a cladding deposition burner is also corrected in a ratio of before and after the correction of the flow rate of the hydrogen. | 05-12-2011 |
20130298611 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER BASE MATERIAL AND APPARATUS OF THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an optical fiber base material includes: forming a porous glass base material by depositing glass particles; providing a synthetic quartz glass vessel at least partly made of quartz glass which contains aluminum equal to or less than 0.01 ppm; introducing dehydration reaction gas and inert gas into the vessel; heating a portion made of quartz glass which contains aluminum equal to or less than 0.01 ppm in the vessel that contains the dehydration reaction gas and the inert gas; and inserting the porous glass base material into the heated vessel to dehydrate and sinter the porous glass base material. | 11-14-2013 |
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20090026993 | LOAD DRIVE CONTROL CIRCUIT - A load drive control circuit includes a drive circuit for driving a load. A control circuit, connected to the drive circuit by diagnostic lines, provides the drive circuit with a control command that specifies an operation state. The drive circuit drives the load in the operation state specified by the control command, generates a diagnostic output including diagnostic notification signals each having an H level or an L level, and provides the diagnostic notification signals of the diagnostic output to the control circuit. A signal output unit outputs first and second diagnostic outputs respectively in response to the first and second control command from the control circuit. A diagnostic line failure determination unit checks whether the first and second diagnostic outputs are both normal to determine whether the diagnostic lines includes a failure or not. | 01-29-2009 |
20100102880 | LOAD DRIVE DEVICE - A load drive device has a load drive unit including an input system electrically connectable to a control power supply and an output system electrically connectable to a load drive power supply. The load drive unit supplies the electrical load with load drive voltage from the load drive power supply via the output system when the control power supply applies control voltage to the input system. A potential difference detection unit detects a potential difference between the control voltage and the load drive voltage. A potential fixing unit fixes a potential at a control system electrical route, connecting the control power supply and the input system of the load drive unit, to a prohibition level that prohibits the output system of the load drive unit from driving the electrical load when the potential difference detected by the potential difference detection unit exceeds a predetermined threshold value. | 04-29-2010 |
20100142162 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device for vehicle outer mirror includes a control board that mounts a control element for electrically controlling an outer mirror driver portion, a driver board that is separated from the control board and mounts a drive element for driving the outer mirror driver portion based on a control signal from the control board, and a housing for housing therein the control board and the driver board that are electrically connected by a coupling means. | 06-10-2010 |
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20140015276 | TONNEAU COVER DEVICE - A tonneau cover device moves a tonneau cover, which is coupled to a hatchback door of a vehicle, between an extension position and a storage position. The tonneau cover device includes a detection unit and a controller. The detection unit detects whether a pre-operation for opening the hatchback door has been performed. The controller permits movement of the tonneau cover to the extension position when a courtesy switch, which is arranged in the vehicle, detects that the hatchback door is closed and the detection unit does not detect that the pre-operation has been performed. The controller restricts movement of the tonneau cover to the extension position when the courtesy switch detects that the hatchback door is closed and the detection unit detects that the pre-operation has been performed. | 01-16-2014 |
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20090057541 | Image sensor module and light guiding member used for the same - An image sensor module includes a light source, a light guide elongated in a first direction, a reflector covering the guide, and a light receiver for linear light reflected on a reading target in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The guide includes an incident surface for entering light from the light source, a reflecting portion for reflecting, in a direction crossing the first direction, the light from the incident surface, and a surface for emitting light from the reflecting portion as linear light elongated in the first direction. The reflector has an opening and an inclined surface. The opening extends in the first direction to pass the light reflected by the target. The inclined surface, at an end of the opening in the first direction, has a normal which is non-parallel to the first direction and a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions. | 03-05-2009 |
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20100046045 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus of the present invention includes a first light source, a first light guide, a second light source, a second light guide, light receiving elements and a lens unit. The first light source emits first light. The first light guide directs the first light from the first light source toward an image-carrying object as first linear light extending in a primary scanning direction. The second light source emits second light of a wavelength different from that of the first light. The second light guide directs the second light from the second light source toward the image-carrying object as second linear light extending in the primary scanning direction. The light receiving elements are arranged in the primary scanning direction. The first and second linear lights are reflected by the image-carrying object, and the reflected lights are guided by the lens unit toward the light receiving elements. | 02-25-2010 |
20120140296 | IMAGE READER, LIGHT GUIDE USED FOR THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MAKING LIGHT GUIDE - An elongate light guide includes a light incident portion provided at an end in the longitudinal direction of the guide, a light reflecting portion extending in the longitudinal direction, a light emitting portion extending in the longitudinal direction for emitting linear light, and a scatterer for scattering the light entering through the light incident portion. For instance, the scatterer is provided as a grained portion formed at least part of the reflecting portion. | 06-07-2012 |
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20100209097 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An interchangeable lens which is removably mounted on a camera body including an image sensor includes a tilt unit configured to move a lens unit in a tilt direction with respect to the image sensor, a shift unit configured to move the lens unit in a shift direction with respect to the image sensor, a changing unit configured to change a relative angle between the shift unit and the tilt unit by relatively rotating the shift unit and the tilt unit, a detection unit configured to detect the relative angle, and a control unit configured to transmit to the camera body a detection result of the relative angle detected by the detection unit. | 08-19-2010 |
20120033310 | LENS BARREL AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens barrel includes: a frame for holding an optical lens, the frame having a bottomed circular recess formed in its outer peripheral surface; a cam follower fixed to an outer diameter portion of the frame with screws, the cam follower including a core and a collar provided on an outer periphery of the core; and a barrel member having a guide groove into which the cam follower is fitted, the guide groove determining a position of the frame, in which under a state in which the cam follower is mounted to the outer diameter portion of the frame, an outer diameter portion of the collar is fitted to an inner diameter portion of the circular recess, and one end surface of the core abuts on a bottom surface of the circular recess and another end surface of the core abuts on a head of the screw. | 02-09-2012 |
20130064534 | OPTICAL APPARATUS PERFORMING POSITION CONTROL OF FOCUS LENS UNIT - An optical apparatus includes a zoom optical system including a focus lens unit, an operation portion configured to manually and mechanically change a focal length of the zoom optical system, and a controller configured to control the focus lens unit so as to move along a track depending on an object distance in an operation of the operation portion. The controller moves the focus lens unit to a second position that is different from a first position that is a position of the focus lens unit in disconnecting a power when a first focal length that is a focal length of the zoom optical system in disconnecting the power is different from a second focal length that is a focal length of the zoom optical system in reconnecting the power. | 03-14-2013 |
20130070144 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus is configured to execute a manual focus mode in which focusing is performed by an operation of a manual operating unit by moving an image pickup optical system configured to form an optical image of an object. The optical apparatus includes a diaphragm configured to adjust a light quantity, and a controller configured to control a movement of the image pickup optical system in accordance with an operating amount of the manual operating unit so that a unit moving amount that is a moving amount of an in-focus position of the image pickup optical system per unit operation of the manual operating unit corresponds to a product between a diameter of a minimum confusion circle of the image pickup optical system, a diaphragm value of the diaphragm in the manual focus mode, and a coefficient that is a natural number or a reciprocal of the natural number. | 03-21-2013 |
20130201385 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus includes an image sensor that includes a focus detecting pixel and an image pickup pixel, a first focus detector configured to provide a focus detection based upon a phase difference between the pair of image signals detected by the focus detecting pixel of the image sensor, a second focus detector configured to provide a focus detection based upon a contrast value based upon an output of the image pickup pixel of the image sensor, and a controller configured to provide autofocus utilizing the first focus detector when a focus detection precision of the first focus detector is equal to or higher than a first value and an image magnification variation amount calculated from a wobbling amount of the image pickup optical system used for the second focus detector is equal to or higher than a second value. | 08-08-2013 |
20130308932 | LENS BARREL AND CAMERA SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CORRECTING TRACKING DATA AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A lens barrel includes a moving lens unit that moves in accordance with a zooming operation, a focus lens that moves to correct an image plane variation caused by a movement of the moving lens unit, a driver that moves the focus lens, a controller that controls the driver, a zoom state detector that detects a zoom state, a focus lens detector that detects a position of the focus lens, a storage portion that stores tracking data indicating the position of the focus lens to correct the image plane variation, and a data correction portion that measures a real position of the focus lens in an in-focus state in a plurality of zoom states for each zooming operation in directions from wide angle to telephoto sides and from the telephoto to wide angle sides to generate correction data and correct the tracking data based on the correction data. | 11-21-2013 |
20150036039 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus includes an operator rotationally operable about an optical axis of an image pickup optical system and configured to move, when rotationally operated, part of the image pickup optical system in an optical axis direction of the image pickup optical system and to change a focal length, an adjustor rotationally operable about the optical axis and configured to change, when rotationally operated, a pressure applied to the operator so as to change an operating load necessary to rotationally operate the operator, and an indicator prohibited from rotating about the optical axis and configured to move in the optical axis direction of the image pickup optical system, the indicator including part disposed between the operator and the adjustor. The operator indicates a plurality of zoom states, the part of the indicator has a pointer configured to select one of the plurality of zoom states. | 02-05-2015 |