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20100259641 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes an imaging unit photographing images, a photographing location acquiring unit acquiring photographing locations corresponding to the images when the images are photographed by the imaging unit, a storage controlling unit storing the images sequentially photographed by the imaging unit into predetermined storage unit, a photographing location mark generating unit generating predetermined photographing location marks for showing the corresponding photographing locations in a map, and a controlling unit switching between a latitudinally-ordered display mode and a longitudinally-ordered display mode, the latitudinally-ordered display mode allowing the images to be read out of the storage unit and displayed in latitudinal order and the corresponding photographing location marks to be displayed in the map, the longitudinally-ordered display mode allowing the images to be read out of the storage unit and displayed in longitudinal order and the corresponding photographing location marks to be displayed in the map. | 10-14-2010 |
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20100055852 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - There is disclosed a method of fabricating TFTs having reduced interconnect resistance by having improved contacts to source/drain regions. A silicide layer is formed in intimate contact with the source/drain regions. The remaining metallization layer is selectively etched to form a contact pad or conductive interconnects. | 03-04-2010 |
20110001140 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A semiconductor device with high reliability and operation performance is manufactured without increasing the number of manufacture steps. A gate electrode has a laminate structure. A TFT having a low concentration impurity region that overlaps the gate electrode or a TFT having a low concentration impurity region that does not overlap the gate electrode is chosen for a circuit in accordance with the function of the circuit. | 01-06-2011 |
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20120142178 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device with high reliability and operation performance is manufactured without increasing the number of manufacture steps. A gate electrode has a laminate structure. A TFT having a low concentration impurity region that overlaps the gate electrode or a TFT having a low concentration impurity region that does not overlap the gate electrode is chosen for a circuit in accordance with the function of the circuit. | 06-07-2012 |
20130001561 | Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing Same - A semiconductor device with high reliability and operation performance is manufactured without increasing the number of manufacture steps. A gate electrode has a laminate structure. A TFT having a low concentration impurity region that overlaps the gate electrode or a TFT having a low concentration impurity region that does not overlap the gate electrode is chosen for a circuit in accordance with the function of the circuit. | 01-03-2013 |
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20090141048 | Method, apparatus, and computer program product for processing image - An image processing apparatus includes a separating unit that separates image data into foreground image data, background image data, and mask image data; a resolution converting unit that converts the foreground image data into low-resolution foreground image data; a dividing unit that divides the low-resolution foreground image data into a plurality of square blocks composed of a plurality of pixels; an averaging unit that calculates an average pixel value of the pixels included in each of the square blocks, and changes pixel values of the pixels in the square blocks to the average pixel value of that square block thereby obtaining averaged foreground image data of the square blocks; a compressing unit that performs a compression process on the averaged foreground image data of the square blocks thereby obtaining compressed foreground image data of the square blocks. | 06-04-2009 |
20090214238 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and image forming program product - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image; a status conversion unit for converting the multi-value pixel data into status values; plural reference look-up tables each indicating an association between an arrangement of the status values of a target pixel and adjacent pixels in a pixel window and an output data value of the multi-value pixel data to be output; a determining unit for determining a target reference look-up table based on the arrangement; and a generating unit configured to change an input data value of the multi-value pixel data, into the output data value of the determined target reference look-up table, and for outputting the multi-value pixel data to the image forming unit. | 08-27-2009 |
20150243017 | OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD - An object recognition apparatus includes a first object detection unit configured to detect an object based on an image captured by an imaging unit, and output first information including a distance and a direction to the object; a second object detection unit configured to emit light, detect the object based on reflected light, and output second information including a distance and a direction to the object; an output unit configured to output at least one of the first information and the second information; a disappearance detection unit configured to detect disappearance upon when the first object detection unit becomes unable to detect the object; and an emission control unit configured to control the second object detection unit to emit light in an object direction based on the first information before detecting the disappearance. Upon the disappearance detection unit detecting the disappearance, the output unit starts outputting the second information. | 08-27-2015 |
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20120187452 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - According to one embodiment, the semiconductor element includes a first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer contains Al | 07-26-2012 |
20130240899 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment a nitride semiconductor device includes a first, a second and a third semiconductor layer, a first and a second main electrode and a control electrode. The first layer made of a nitride semiconductor of a first conductivity type is provided on a substrate. The second layer made of a nitride semiconductor of a second conductivity type is provided on the first layer. The third layer made of a nitride semiconductor is provided on the second layer. The first electrode is electrically connected with the second layer. The second electrode is provided at a distance from the first electrode and electrically connected with the second layer. The control electrode is provided within a first trench via an insulating film. The first trench is disposed between the first and the second main electrodes, penetrates the third and the second layers, and reaches the first layer. | 09-19-2013 |
20140035004 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device has a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer provided on the first nitride semiconductor layer and formed of a non-doped or n-type nitride semiconductor having a band gap wider than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer, a heterojunction field effect transistor having a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode, a Schottky barrier diode having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, and first and second element isolation insulating layers. The first element isolation insulating layer has a first end contacting with the drain electrode and the anode electrode, and a second end located in the first nitride semiconductor layer. The second element isolation insulating layer has a third end contacting with the cathode electrode, and a fourth end located in the first nitride semiconductor layer. | 02-06-2014 |
20140246700 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a nitride semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor, a second semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer, a fourth semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode. The first, second and fourth semiconductor layers include a nitride semiconductor. The second semiconductor layer is provided on the first semiconductor layer, has a band gap not less than that of the first semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer is provided on the second semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer is GaN. The fourth semiconductor layer is provided on the third semiconductor layer to have an interspace on a part of the third semiconductor layer, has a band gap not less than that of the second semiconductor layer. The first electrode is provided on a portion of the third semiconductor layer. The fourth semiconductor layer is not provided on the portion. | 09-04-2014 |
20140284610 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a conductive substrate, a Schottky barrier diode, and a field-effect transistor. The Schottky barrier diode is mounted on the conductive substrate and includes an anode electrode and a cathode electrode. The anode electrode is electrically connected to the conductive substrate. The field-effect transistor is mounted on the conductive substrate and includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode. The source electrode of the field-effect transistor is electrically connected to the cathode electrode of the Schottky barrier diode. The gate electrode of the field-effect transistor is electrically connected to the anode electrode of the Schottky barrier diode. | 09-25-2014 |
20150034903 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first layer made of a group III nitride semiconductor of a first conductivity type, a second layer made of a group III nitride semiconductor of a second conductivity type on a first surface of the first layer, a third layer made of a group III nitride semiconductor of the first conductivity type on a first region of a surface of the second layer, a gate electrode extending through the second layer and the third layer and the first surface of the first layer, and insulated from the first, second, and third layers, a first electrode in contact with the third layer, a second electrode in contact with a second region of the surface of the second layer that is different from the first region, and a third electrode provided on a side of a second surface of the first layer. | 02-05-2015 |
20150076506 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - This disclosure provides a semiconductor device which includes a GaN-based semiconductor layer having a surface with an angle of not less than 0 degree and not more than 5 degrees with respect to an m-plane or an a-plane, a first electrode provided above the surface and having a first end, and a second electrode provided above the surface to space apart from the first electrode, having a second end facing the first end, and a direction of a segment connecting an arbitrary point of the first end and an arbitrary point of the second end is different from a c-axis direction of the GaN-based semiconductor layer. | 03-19-2015 |
20150263103 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a first semiconductor layer including a first nitride semiconductor, a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer including a second nitride semiconductor, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a first gate electrode provided on the second semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode having a schottky junction, a second gate electrode provided above the second semiconductor layer intervening an insulating film, provided between the source electrode and the first gate electrode, electrically connected with the first gate electrode, and a third gate electrode provided above the second semiconductor layer intervening an insulating film, provided between the drain electrode and the first gate electrode, electrically connected with the first gate electrode. A first transistor structure has a first threshold value, a second transistor structure has a second threshold value, and a third transistor structure has a third threshold value. | 09-17-2015 |
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20110230602 | POLYACETAL RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE, AND METHOD AND AGENT FOR IMPROVING POLYACETAL RESIN RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION - A polyacetal resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a polyacetal resin, 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a colorant selected from inorganic and organic pigments, 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of a polyamide resin having a melting point or softening point of 180° C. or less, or a polyetheresteramide resin, 0.01 to 1 part by weight of an aromatic dihydrazide compound or an aliphatic dihydrazide compound having a solubility of less than 1 g relative to 100 g of water at 20° C., and 0.01 to 1 part by weight of a sterically hindered phenolic compound, or a combination of a hindered amine-based light stabilizer and an ultraviolet absorber, exhibits an excellent thermal stability and is capable of suppressing formaldehyde generation and mechanical strength deterioration. | 09-22-2011 |
20150183982 | POLYACETAL RESIN COMPOSITION, COMPOSITE MOLDING USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention is a polyacetal resin composition containing a polyacetal resin (A) and a polyethylene resin (B), in which the blending proportion of the polyacetal resin (A) occupying in the total mass of the polyacetal resin (A) and the polyethylene resin (B) is 10 to 90 mass %, the melt flow rate of the polyacetal resin (A) measured at a condition of 190° C. and 2.16 kg load is 30 g/10 minutes or less, and the polyethylene resin (B) consists of a modified polyethylene resin and the modification rate is 0.01 mass % or more based on 100 mass % of the total mass of the polyethylene resin and the melt flow rate of the polyethylene resin (B) measured at a condition of 190° C. and 2.16 kg load is 2.5 g/10 minutes or less. | 07-02-2015 |
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20100082137 | CONTENT SETTING VALUE INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE, CONTENT OUTPUT SYSTEM, CONTENT SETTING VALUE INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD, ITS PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH ITS PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A server of a content output system acquires a user parameter registration information including a user name of a display and a title of a request content. When an image-quality and sound-quality optimum parameter is included, the server acquires the image-quality and sound-quality optimum parameter as a user's user setting information. When the server cannot acquire the user's user setting information, the server retrieves a user parameter registration information including a user name of another person and the title of the request content. When the image-quality and sound-quality optimum parameter is included in the user parameter registration information and an image-quality and sound-quality optimum parameter relating to other contents corresponds to an image-quality and sound-quality optimum parameter relating to other contents of a user requesting an image-quality and sound-quality optimum parameter, the server acquires an image-quality and sound-quality optimum parameter of the another person relating to the request content as an another person's user setting information. Then, the server transmits the user's user setting information or another person's user setting information to the display. | 04-01-2010 |
20120257074 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUSES, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a data processing apparatus including: a data sort block configured to sort, into multiple groups by information data of a same type, input data including information data of multiple types formed by multiple bits; a maximum value extraction block configured to extract a maximum value of the information data in each of the groups sorted by the data sort block; and a bit position decision and bit reduction block configured to determine a reduction position of bits common to the information data of the same type in each group on the basis of the maximum value extracted by the maximum value extraction block and reduce the common bits in accordance with the determination. | 10-11-2012 |
20140055639 | RAW DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, RAW DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGING DEVICE - Provided is a raw data processing apparatus including a variable processing part that processes raw data with a predetermined variable value, the raw data being output from an imaging element, an exposure determination part that receives the raw data and determines a gain value of the imaging element based on a determination result obtained by determining an exposure which is set when the raw data is shot, an improvement amount table in which an improvement amount for the gain value of the imaging element is set, a gain modulation part that extracts the improvement amount from the improvement amount table and modulates the gain value of the imaging element, a development parameter setting part that sets a development parameter used for developing the raw data, and a development processing part that outputs image data which is developed from the raw data processed with a predetermined variable value. | 02-27-2014 |
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20100080107 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER, SEMICONDUCTOR LASER, OPTICAL PICKUP, AND OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - A method for producing a semiconductor laser having an edge window structure includes the steps of forming masks of insulating films on a nitride-based III-V compound semiconductor substrate including first regions and second regions periodically arranged in parallel therebetween; and growing a nitride-based III-V compound semiconductor layer in a region not covered by the masks. The first region between each two adjacent second regions has two or more positions, symmetrical with respect to a center line thereof, where laser stripes are to be formed. The masks are formed on one or both sides of each of the positions where the laser stripes are to be formed at least near a position where edge window structures are to be formed such that the masks are symmetrical with respect to the center line. The nitride-based III-V compound semiconductor layer includes an active layer containing at least indium and gallium. | 04-01-2010 |
20100151611 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor laser - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor laser includes the steps of forming a mask layer having a stripe-shaped mask portion corresponding to a ridge stripe to be formed on a nitride-based group III-V compound semiconductor layer, etching the nitride-based group III-V compound semiconductor layer to a predetermined depth using the mask layer to form the ridge stripe, forming a resist to cover the mask layer and the nitride-based group III-V compound semiconductor layer, etching-back the resist until the stripe-shaped mask portion of the mask layer is exposed, removing the exposed mask portion of the mask layer by etching to expose the upper surface of the ridge stripe, forming a metal film on the resist and the exposed ridge stripe to form an electrode on the ridge stripe, removing the resist together with the metal film formed thereon, and removing the mask layer by etching. | 06-17-2010 |
20130135859 | LIGHT IRRADIATOR, IMAGE SCANNER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light irradiator including multiple point light sources arranged in a straight line, a light-transmissive light guiding member provided in front of the point light sources in an emission direction of beams of light emitted from the point light sources, the light guiding member guiding the beams of light in a predetermined direction toward a surface to be irradiated; and two or more protrusions protruding toward the point light sources, provided on a light entering surface of the light guiding member and arranged in the same direction as the point light sources. The light guiding member and the point light sources are positioned such that a distance between the protrusions provided to the light guiding member and irradiation surfaces of the point light sources is equal at two positions. | 05-30-2013 |
20140233077 | LIGHT IRRADIATION SYSTEM, IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An light irradiation system for irradiating light a document face includes a light source; a light guiding member to guide light emitted from the light source; and a reflector to reflect a part of light exiting from the light guiding member to the document face. A direction that emission light intensity of the light emitted from the light source becomes the strongest is different from a direction extending from the light source to an irradiation area. The irradiation area is irradiated by a reflection light reflected by the reflector, and a direct light exiting from the light guiding member without reflection at the reflector. The light guiding member including an incidence surface, an exit surface, and a light guiding part including a total reflection face. Light quantity irradiated to the document face by reflection light is smaller than light quantity irradiated to the document face by direct light. | 08-21-2014 |
20140268254 | LIGHT IRRADIATION SYSTEM, IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light irradiation system for irradiating light to an irradiation area extending in a main scanning direction of a document face when placed on an image scanning apparatus includes a light source; a light guiding member to guide light emitted from the light source; and a reflector to reflect a part of light exiting from the light guiding member to the document face. The irradiation area is irradiated by the reflection light reflected by the reflector and a direct light exiting from the light guiding member without reflection at the reflector. The light guiding member includes an incidence surface where the light from the light source enters; and an exit surface where the light entered from the incidence surface exits. The reflector is disposed at a position in a direction that light intensity of light emitting from the light source becomes the strongest. | 09-18-2014 |
20150062668 | LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light irradiation device includes: a light source to output diffused light; and a light guide member to guide the diffused light to an irradiation point. The light guide member includes an incidence surface which the diffused light enters, a first emission surface to emit the entered diffused light, while further diffusing the entered diffused light with a first diffusion characteristic to emit the diffused light at a first diffusion angle, and a second emission surface to emit the entered diffused light, while further diffusing the entered diffused light with a second diffusion characteristics to emit the diffused light at a second diffusion angle. The second diffusion angle provided by the second diffusion characteristic is smaller than the first diffusion angle provided by the first diffusion characteristic. | 03-05-2015 |
20150131173 | LENS UNIT, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A lens unit includes a tube lens; a single lens arranged at a downstream side with respect to the tube lens in an optical incidence direction; and a supporting member that supports the tube lens and the single lens. Reflection light from a document is condensed on an image sensor by the tube lens and the single lens to form an image. An end surface part, not facing the tube lens, of the single lens is in direct contact with the supporting member. | 05-14-2015 |
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20120081702 | METHOD OF INSPECTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. In a flatness inspection of BGA (semiconductor device), there is formed a flatness standard where a permissible range in the direction of (+) of flatness at normal temperature is smaller than a permissible range in the direction of (−). With use of the above flatness standard, a flatness inspection of the semiconductor device at normal temperature is performed to determine whether the mounted item is non-defective or defective. With the above process, defective mounting caused by a package warp when heated during reflow soldering etc. is reduced and reliability of BGA is improved. At the same time, flatness management of a substrate-type semiconductor device with better consideration of a mounting state can be performed. | 04-05-2012 |
20120106643 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an image processing device including: a generating section, a plurality of pieces of stream data with different display sizes being created in advance for each of a plurality of video contents, configured to generate stream data of one stream of a multiple video reproduced image for simultaneously displaying not smaller than two video contents selected from the plurality of video contents by performing parameter transcoding using the stream data created in advance. | 05-03-2012 |
20130071970 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention makes it possible to inhibit cutting burrs from forming in package dicing. | 03-21-2013 |
20130215973 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes, using encoded streams produced by individually encoding macro blocks arranged in a horizontal direction into a same slice for a plurality of image contents, a stream combination section configured to generate an encoded stream of a multi-image playback image displaying the plurality of image contents at the same time. | 08-22-2013 |
20140099039 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an image processing device including a converter configured to obtain, prior to performing an encoding process, image drawing information of an image capable of using upon encoding and to convert the obtained image drawing information into a parameter for encoding, and an encoding processor configured to perform the encoding process by changing contents of the encoding process according to the parameter for encoding converted by the converter. | 04-10-2014 |
20140253806 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video processing apparatus includes a combining unit that combines encoded streams of a plurality of videos to generate an encoded stream of a multiple-video image composed of the videos, each encoded stream of each video having coding units in each horizontal line that are encoded as a slice, and an insertion unit that inserts an insertion stream into the encoded stream of the multiple-video image generated by the combining unit when a view area of the multiple-video image is moved. The insertion stream is an encoded stream in which all the coding units in the multiple-video image are replaced with skip macroblocks with a motion vector indicating a direction and an amount of movement of the view area. | 09-11-2014 |