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20100172499 | APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a communication unit for communication with an external apparatus, an operating system running unit for running first and second operating systems, respectively: the first for the communication via a first communication path under a first communication protocol; and the second for the communication via a second communication path under a second communication protocol. The apparatus also includes a storage including first and second data areas for the first/second operating system, and a shared area for both first and second operating systems. A first encryption key is stored in the first area for first protocol communication. The first operating system encrypts the communication via the first path by the first key, acquires, from the external apparatus via the first path, a second encryption key for second protocol communication, and stores the second key into the shared area. The second operating system transfers the second key to the second data area. | 07-08-2010 |
20100262672 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a transmission unit transmitting a command of a second operating system to the second operating system when receiving the command via a communication path which communicates under a control based on a first operating system, an extraction unit extracting data for the second operating system by analyzing the command transmitted from the transmission unit, and a writing unit writing the data extracted by the extraction unit as data constituting file system metadata of the second operating system. | 10-14-2010 |
20110191575 | IC CHIP, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOFTWARE MODULE CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An IC chip, an information processing apparatus, a software module control method, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program for allowing a plurality of software modules to ensure their respective security when operating are provided. An information processing system is provided to include a reader/writer and a portable communication terminal accessed by the reader/writer through near-field communication. In the portable communication terminal, a memory access management module stores a map regarding a plurality of software modules J and F for handling information exchanged in accordance with different noncontact communication principles while managing the software modules J and F based on the map. Another software module A performs mapping of the map for permitting or inhibiting the operations of the plurality of software modules. | 08-04-2011 |
20120096561 | IC CHIP, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOFTWARE MODULE CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An IC chip, an information processing apparatus, a software module control method, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program for ensuring security before booting a software module reliably are provided. A reader/writer and a mobile phone terminal to be accessed by the reader/writer through proximity communication are provided. In the mobile phone terminal, a first software module transmits commands to second and third software modules. The first software module manages states of the second and third software modules. If during boot-up of the third software module, the processing of the second software module is started and completed, then the first software module resumes the boot-up of the third software module. | 04-19-2012 |
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20080240754 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING COLOR MISREGISTRATION - An image forming system, in which a method of detecting a misregistration of a color image is performed, includes multiple image carriers, an optical writing unit, a transfer member extended by a drive roller and at least one driven roller, a rotation detector, a roller driving unit, a belt controller, an image detector configured to detect the images formed on the surface of the transfer member and obtain detection data, and a controller configured to calculate an amount of misregistration and correct relative misregistration of a scanning line between the image carriers based on a result of the calculation. In the image forming system, a distance from a transfer position to a detection position is an integer multiple of a travel distance of the transfer member during one revolution of the at least one driven roller. | 10-02-2008 |
20150045197 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADDITIONALLY FOLDING SHEET BUNDLE - The present invention is concerning a sheet processing device comprising: a pressing unit that includes a first pressing roller arranged on one side of a thickness direction of a folded sheet bundle, and a second pressing roller and a third pressing roller arranged on the other side across a fold line part of the folded sheet bundle, and a moving unit that moves the pressing unit in a state in which each of a first line and a second line is not parallel to the thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle, the first line connecting the rotational center of the first pressing roller and the rotational center of the second pressing roller, and the second line connecting the rotational center of the first pressing roller and the rotational center of the third pressing roller. | 02-12-2015 |
20150065326 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADDITIONALLY FOLDING SHEET BUNDLE - A sheet processing device comprising: a pressing unit that presses a fold line part of a folded sheet bundle; and a moving unit that moves a pressing position of the pressing unit in a fold direction of the folded sheet bundle, wherein the pressing unit includes a pair of pressing rollers that holds the folded sheet bundle therebetween, and the pair of pressing rollers changes an angle θ between a thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle and a line connecting the rotational centers of the pressing rollers in the middle of movement. | 03-05-2015 |
20150115516 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus comprises a pressing member configured to press a fold line portion of a folded sheet bundle; and moving unit configured to move a position of pressing by the pressing member in a direction of a fold line of the folded sheet bundle, wherein the moving unit is configured to stand by at a pressing start position in which the pressing member is in a non-pressing state, before the folded sheet bundle is conveyed to the pressing member. | 04-30-2015 |
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20090154013 | Perpendicular magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the same - Embodiments of the present invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording head which can suppress reduction in recording field and efficiently reduce a fringe field. According to one embodiment, a side shield disposed at a side of each side face in a cross track direction of a main pole is arranged at a far leading side compared with the main pole. | 06-18-2009 |
20090154021 | Perpendicular magnetic recording head - Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic head that can stably supply a perpendicular magnetic field component while generating high recording field strength from a main pole. According to one embodiment, a magnetic body is deposited in a trailing side of a pole tip of a main pole via a nonmagnetic layer, so that a second flare section is magnetically coupled with each sidewall. | 06-18-2009 |
20100091413 | Magnetic Recording Head, Method of Manufacturing the Same, and Magnetic Recording/Reproducing Device - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a main pole having a throat height portion and a flare portion that is connected to the throat height portion, the flare portion gradually being expanded in width to an upper part in an element height direction. The head also includes a sub pole, magnetic shields disposed via a nonmagnetic layer on a trailing side of the main pole and on both sides in a track width direction of the main pole, and a coil for generating a recording magnetic field from the main pole. The nonmagnetic layer has an upper portion of which the thickness is increased stepwise or in a tapered manner in the element height direction with respect to an ABS side, and each portion of the magnetic shields adjacent to the main pole has a shape corresponding to a surface shape of the nonmagnetic layer. | 04-15-2010 |
20100149697 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD HAVING A MAGNETIC LAYER OVERHANGING A TRAILING SIDE OF A MAIN POLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A recording head having a narrowed track has a high recording magnetic field strength and a high recording magnetic field gradient has certain problems which may be difficult to overcome. In one embodiment, a magnetic film, which overhangs from a track width, is provided on a trailing side of a region retracted from an ABS of a main pole facing a recording medium. Thereby, a magnetic field strength on the trailing side is increased so that a difference in distribution of magnetic field strength defined by a geometrical Bevel angle given to the main pole is increased. Consequently, writing performance of the main pole is improved while forming a large magnetic clearance angle with respect to an adjacent track and suppresses writing into an adjacent track when skew occurs. Other systems and methods are also disclosed regarding a head with a high recording magnetic field using an overhanging magnetic film. | 06-17-2010 |
20100157484 | PERPENDICULAR RECORDING MAGNETIC HEAD WITH A VARYING INTERVAL BETWEEN THE MAIN POLE AND THE SHIELD, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A perpendicular recording magnetic head is provided, according to one embodiment, in which even if a thickness of a main pole is reduced corresponding to a reduction in a recording track width, recording performance is not degraded. A magnetic-field auxiliary pole and a nonmagnetic layer are stacked on a main pole, and a nonmagnetic portion is provided on each side face on a flying surface side of the magnetic-field auxiliary pole and the nonmagnetic layer, in one approach. In all regions except for a region near a flying surface, an interval between the main pole and a shield is increased by the nonmagnetic portion and the nonmagnetic layer, so that magnetic field loss is prevented, and consequently magnetic field strength and a magnetic field gradient are increased. Other systems and methods are also disclosed for retaining magnetic recording performance while reducing a thickness of a main pole. | 06-24-2010 |
20110249360 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD - According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording head includes a main magnetic pole including a write magnetic pole layer for recording, the write magnetic pole layer comprising magnetic layers being antiferromagnetically coupled via a thin non-magnetic conductor layer between the magnetic layers, wherein the write magnetic pole layer for recording has a flare section which gradually widens in a height-wise direction of a throat height section. The main magnetic pole also includes a non-magnetic cap layer laminated above an uppermost layer of the write magnetic pole layer, the non-magnetic cap layer being textured to provide anisotropy, and a subsidiary magnetic pole layer for supplementing the recording laminated above the non-magnetic cap layer. The head also includes an auxiliary magnetic pole, a magnetic shield positioned via a non-magnetic layer on a trailing edge and both sides of the main magnetic pole in a track width direction, and a coil for generating a recording magnetic field. | 10-13-2011 |
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20100165375 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus implements appropriate image processing on image data stored in a storage unit of the image processing apparatus easily and efficiently, and distributes the image data to an external apparatus. An image format conversion unit implements image processing such as resolution conversion processing, filter processing, γ correction processing, and halftone processing on image data stored in an HDD serving as an image data storage unit so that the image data conform to conditions, such as image quality and format, specified by an external client apparatus. The image-processed image data are then distributed to the external client apparatus. | 07-01-2010 |
20120062918 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus implements appropriate image processing on image data stored in a storage unit of the image processing apparatus easily and efficiently, and distributes the image data to an external apparatus. An image format conversion unit implements image processing such as resolution conversion processing, filter processing, γ correction processing, and halftone processing on image data stored in an HDD serving as an image data storage unit so that the image data conform to conditions, such as image quality and format, specified by an external client apparatus. The image-processed image data are then distributed to the external client apparatus. | 03-15-2012 |
20120327467 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING CAPABLE OF ENHANCING USABILITY OF IMAGE DATA - An image processing apparatus includes a generator, a storage, an image data format converter, and a sender. The generator generates print image data for printing an image, based on image data sent from an external device. The storage stores the print image data. The image data format converter converts the print image data into image data in a format handled by an external device. The sender sends the converted image data via an IP (internet protocol) network to the external device. The image data format converter performs one of color space conversion, expansion, compression, resolution conversion, filtering, halftone processing, density gamma conversion, and noise removal in accordance with parameters determined based on at least one of property information of the print image data and property information requested by the external device. | 12-27-2012 |
20140320872 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus implements appropriate image processing on image data stored in a storage unit of the image processing apparatus easily and efficiently, and distributes the image data to an external apparatus. An image format conversion unit implements image processing such as resolution conversion processing, filter processing, γ correction processing, and halftone processing on image data stored in an HDD serving as an image data storage unit so that the image data conform to conditions, such as image quality and format, specified by an external client apparatus. The image-processed image data are then distributed to the external client apparatus. | 10-30-2014 |
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20130224514 | IMAGE-FIXATION MEMBER HAVING MULTI-LAYER METALLIC STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a fixation member having a multi-layer metallic structure, which member comprises a substrate employing electroformed nickel for preventing image quality failure. The fixation member of the present invention includes a metallic substrate including a first layer formed of an electroformed seamless belt made of nickel or a nickel alloy, and a second layer formed of an electroformed seamless belt made of a metal having a thermal conductivity greater than that of the first layer; an adhesion layer disposed on the surface of the second layer; and a fluororesin layer disposed by the mediation of the adhesion layer, wherein the ratio of the thickness of the second layer to the total thickness of the metallic substrate is 0.66 to 0.95. | 08-29-2013 |
20130266354 | FIXING PRESSURE MEMBER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - The disclosed fixing pressure member has a simple structure, is produced through simplified production processes, causes no problem due to continued use thereof, and exhibits excellent durability. Also disclosed is a method for producing such. The fixing pressure member employed in a fixing unit of a fixing device includes a sliding sheet having a sliding surface which slides with respect to the inner peripheral surface of a belt of the fixing unit, and an elastic member provided inside the sliding sheet. The sliding sheet is formed of a resin fiber woven fabric, a resin fiber knitted fabric, a resin nonwoven fabric, or a resin film. The elastic member and sliding sheet are formed through integral molding such that the elastic member is bonded to at least the inner surface of the sliding sheet opposite the sliding surface. The sliding surface has thereon an embossment formed through an embossing process. | 10-10-2013 |
20130287461 | FIXING PRESSURE ROLLER - The invention provides a fixing pressure roller having an elastic layer formed of a porous material produced from an emulsion, the roller having improved durability. The fixing pressure roller has a core, a rubber layer which has a thickness of 1.0 mm or less and which is provided around the core, and an elastic layer which is formed of a porous elastomer produced from an emulsion composition and which is provided around the rubber layer, the emulsion composition having a continuous phase of a liquid rubber material which forms an elastomer through curing. | 10-31-2013 |
20140086652 | FIXATION MEMBER AND FIXATION APPARATUS HAVING THE FIXATION MEMBER - The present invention provides a fixation member which exhibits enhanced wear resistance and sliding property between the peripheral surface of the fixation member and a pressure member, which can reduce driving torque at a fixation unit, and which does not cause stick slipping even in a high-load operational mode, and a fixation apparatus having the fixation member. The fixation member employed in a fixation unit of the fixation apparatus has a metallic substrate having at least one layer of an electrocast seamless belt, and a slide layer disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the metallic substrate, wherein the slide layer is formed of at least one species of the group consisting of a polyamide-imide resin and a polyimide resin, and a fluororesin; the slide layer has a fluororesin content of 27.5 mass % to 50 mass %; and the slide layer has a surface roughness Ra of 0.4 μm or less. | 03-27-2014 |
20140242412 | MULTILAYER METAL MEMBER FOR FIXATION - The multilayer metal member of the invention includes a metallic base having a first layer | 08-28-2014 |
20140301761 | MULTILAYER METAL MEMBER FOR IMAGE FIXATION - The invention provides a multilayer metal member for image fixation which does not readily undergo breakage due to bending stress during use thereof and which has improved durability. The multilayer metal member includes a metal substrate formed of at least three laminated metal layers, and a fluororesin layer disposed on the metal substrate, wherein the metal substrate has a first layer which is an electrocast seamless belt formed of nickel or a nickel alloy, a second layer which is an electrocast seamless belt formed of a metal having a Young's modulus smaller than that of the first layer, and a third layer formed of a metal having a corrosion resistance higher than that of the second layer; and the ratio (y) of the thickness of the third layer to that of the first layer satisfies the following formula: | 10-09-2014 |
20150023706 | FIXING PRESSURE ROLLER AND FIXING DEVICE - The present invention provides a fixing pressure roller exhibiting excellent compression set and having low hardness and low heat capacity, as well as a fixing device including the fixing pressure roller. A pressure roller employed in a fixing unit of a fixing device includes a core, and an elastic layer provided around the core, wherein the elastic layer is formed of a silicone rubber product produced by mixing a silicone rubber raw material with resin microballoons and water, and then curing the silicone rubber raw material; and the silicone rubber product includes therein voids provided by breakage of the resin microballoons through application of pressure, and voids provided through evaporation of the water. | 01-22-2015 |
20150125195 | FIXING PRESSURE ROLLER AND FIXING DEVICE - To provide a fixing pressure roller having low roller hardness, low heat capacity, and low thermal expansion coefficient, and a fixing device including the fixing pressure roller. The fixing pressure roller of the invention for employment in a fixing unit of a fixing device has a core, and an elastic layer provided around the core, wherein the elastic layer is formed of a silicone rubber product formed by mixing a raw silicone rubber with resin microballoons and water, to thereby prepare a dispersion, and then curing the raw silicone rubber; and the silicone rubber product includes therein first voids provided from the resin microballoons and second voids which are smaller than the first voids and which are provided by evaporation of water. | 05-07-2015 |
20160085192 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FIXING PRESSURE ROLLER - The present invention provides a fixing pressure roller exhibiting excellent compression set and having low hardness and low heat capacity, as well as a fixing device including the fixing pressure roller. A pressure roller employed in a fixing unit of a fixing device includes a core, and an elastic layer provided around the core, wherein the elastic layer is formed of a silicone rubber product produced by mixing a silicone rubber raw material with resin microballoons and water, and then curing the silicone rubber raw material; and the silicone rubber product includes therein voids provided by breakage of the resin microballoons through application of pressure, and voids provided through evaporation of the water. | 03-24-2016 |
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20090042232 | MUTANT PROTEIN HAVING DIAPHORASE ACTIVITY - A mutant diaphorase capable of having lower potential energy than that of wild-type diaphorase of sequence ID No. 1 when forming a complex with a coenzyme, flavin mononucleotide. | 02-12-2009 |
20090053582 | METHOD OF COATING BILIRUBIN OXIDASE - A method of coating bilirubin oxidase (BOD) is provided and includes introducing a polymerizable functional group onto the surface of a bilirubin oxidase (BOD) molecule, and copolymerizing the polymerizable functional group with a polymerizable monomer. The step of introducing the polymerizable functional group and the step of copolymerizing the polymerizable functional group with the polymerizable monomer are performed at 17° C. or lower. | 02-26-2009 |
20090155880 | MUTANT PROTEIN HAVING DIAPHORASE ACTIVITY - A mutant protein having diaphorase activity is provided. A mutant protein includes an amino acid sequence obtained by deletion, replacement, addition, or insertion of at least one amino acid residue of a native-form amino acid sequence of SEQ. ID. No. 1, wherein the mutant protein has diaphorase activity with an enzyme activity of 245 or more. | 06-18-2009 |
20100041088 | MUTANT PROTEIN HAVING DIAPHORASE ACTIVITY - Mutant diaphorase is capable of having, when forming a complex with a coenzyme, flavin mononucleotide, a conformation in which the distance between tryptophan at the 60th position from an N terminus and imino nitrogen at the 1-position of the coenzyme, flavin mononucleotide, is larger than that in a conformation of wild-type diaphorase of sequence ID No. 1. | 02-18-2010 |
20100221644 | FUEL CELL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A fuel cell is provided having excellent performance and being capable of achieving a sufficient buffer ability in a high-output operation when an enzyme is immobilized on at least one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode and of sufficiently exhibiting the ability inherent in the enzyme. A biofuel cell includes a structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are opposed to each other with an electrolyte layer containing a buffer material provided therebetween, an enzyme being immobilized on at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The electrolyte layer contains as the buffer material a compound including an imidazole ring. As the compound including an imidazole ring, imidazole, 1-methylimidazole, 2-methylimidazole, 4-methylimidazole, 2-ethylimidazole, or the like is used. | 09-02-2010 |
20110039165 | FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, ENZYME-IMMOBILIZED ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a fuel cell whose current density and maintenance ratio can be improved when at least glucose dehydrogenase and diaphorase are immobilized on an anode using an immobilizing material composed of poly-L-lysine and glutaraldehyde. The fuel cell has a structure in which a cathode | 02-17-2011 |
20110143223 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is provided. The fuel cell includes at least one of a plant essential oil and a plant essential oil ingredient in an effective amount so as to function as a biological repellent. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145280 | SYSTEM FOR INQUIRING ABOUT FITNESS OF BEVERAGE AS BATTERY FUEL - Disclosed herein is a system for inquiring about fitness of a beverage as battery fuel, including a search request receiving section configured to receive an input of beverage information regarding a beverage as a search request, a storage section having stored therein a reference database in which search requests and performance data of fuel cells are associated with each other, a search section configured to automatically search the reference database for performance data which coincides with the search request, and a search answer outputting section configured to output a search answer. | 06-16-2011 |
20110236770 | FUEL CELL AND ENZYME ELECTRODE - Provided is a fuel cell that is high in performance capabilities of initial power generation and in volume power density, and produces a stable power. Between fixing plates, first and second cell portions are provided. The first cell portion includes an anode, a cathode, and a proton conductor, and the second cell portion includes an anode, a cathode, and a proton conductor. To a space formed by gas-liquid separation and permeable films, cathode spacers, and an anode spacer, a fuel solution is filled. The gas-liquid separation and permeable films are disposed between the fixing plate and the cathode, and between the fixing plate and the cathode. The cathode spacers are provided around the cathodes, respectively, and the anode spacer is provided between the anodes. | 09-29-2011 |
20110250511 | BIOFUEL CELL - Disclosed herein is a biofuel cell including a polymer gel reversibly swelling and contracting in response to variations in a property of a fuel solution making contact therewith, the polymer gel being on a surface of an electrode and/or in the inside of the electrode. | 10-13-2011 |
20110281182 | FUEL ANALYZING METHOD AND FUEL ANALYZING DEVICE FOR FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL - Disclosed herein is a fuel analyzing method for a fuel cell, including the steps of: measuring a physical property and/or an electric characteristic of a fuel to be used in a biofuel cell having an electrode with an oxidoreductase present at a surface thereof; and determining the quantity of an effective component which contributes to power generation in the fuel, from the physical property and/or the electric characteristic. | 11-17-2011 |
20110281183 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes: one or a plurality of cell sections having an electrode with an oxidoreductase present at a surface thereof; and a container in which the cell section or sections are contained; wherein the container is provided with a fuel solution pouring port through which to pour a fuel solution into the cell section or sections, and the fuel solution pouring port is oriented in a fixed direction at least at the time of pouring the fuel solution. | 11-17-2011 |
20110287312 | BIOFUEL CELL - Provided is a biofuel cell including: electrodes disposed inside a cell casing; and current collectors exposed to the outside of the cell casing; wherein a part of each of the current collectors is separably put in close contact with the corresponding electrode through an opening provided in the cell casing, in the state of being provided with a leakage preventive section configured to prevent a solution inside the cell casing from leaking out through the opening. | 11-24-2011 |
20130011748 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A power supply device in which an enzyme is immobilized as a catalyst on negative electrodes and/or positive electrodes, includes electromotive portions in which at least two of the negative electrodes and the positive electrodes are connected in series, and a fuel supply portion which communicates with the negative electrodes and which simultaneously supply a fuel to the negative electrodes, and in the power supply device, the fuel supply portion includes fuel-supply adjusting portions which adjust fuel supply to the negative electrodes. | 01-10-2013 |
20130065139 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell that can have a higher battery capacity without degradation of cathode characteristics is provided. | 03-14-2013 |
20130143131 | BIOFUEL CELL - A biofuel cell is formed by disposing an anode (negative electrode) to be a fuel electrode, an anode current collector, a separator, a cathode current collector, a cathode (positive electrode) to be an air electrode and a gas-liquid separation membrane in this order between a fuel tank and a positive electrode cover. During the formation, an electrode formed of a carbon fiber fabric having a network structure constituted by a monofilament strand of a carbon fiber and has a redox enzyme on the surface is used in at least the anode. | 06-06-2013 |
20140273183 | SUBSTRATE DETECTION DEVICE AND BIOFUEL CELL WITH SUBSTRATE DETECTION FUNCTION - There is provided a substrate detection device including a sensor unit configured to extract electrons by oxidizing a substrate, the substrate being a test target, a capacitor connected in series to the sensor unit, and a circuit configured to measure a voltage across terminals of the capacitor. The substrate detection device determines a concentration of the substrate based on the voltage across the terminals of the capacitor. | 09-18-2014 |
20140287328 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUEL BATTERY, AND FUEL BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a method for producing a fuel battery in which an oxidoreductase has been fixed as a catalyst on at least one electrode of a negative electrode or a positive electrode, including conducting at least a step of preparing an electrode pattern, in which an electrode material containing at least electroconductive particles is printed on the surface of a bendable non-electroconductive sheet, and a step of preparing a negative electrode and a positive electrode, in which a negative electrode and a positive electrode are made by printing a predetermined oxidoreductase on the electrode pattern prepared in the step of preparing an electrode pattern. | 09-25-2014 |
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20100328289 | Signal-line driving circuit, display apparatus and electronic apparatus - A signal-line driving circuit includes an output buffer section configured to amplify input data for driving signal lines in order to generate a positive-polarity signal voltage as well as a negative-polarity signal voltage and selectively supplying the positive-polarity signal voltage as well as the negative-polarity signal voltage to a signal-line pair composing of a first one of the signal lines and a second one of the signal lines, the output buffer section employs: a positive-polarity operational transconductance amplifier; a negative-polarity operational transconductance amplifier; a first output section; a second output section; and a group of switches. | 12-30-2010 |
20120086696 | Level converting circuit, display device, and electronic apparatus - A level converting circuit includes a level converting part and a bias part. The level converting part includes at least first to fourth n-type field effect transistors and first and second p-type field effect transistors. The bias part includes a fifth n-type field effect transistor, a voltage drop part including at least one resistive element, and a current source having a power-supply-side terminal connected to a voltage source of a voltage higher than a first voltage. The bias part generates a bias voltage higher than the first voltage by the threshold voltage of the first and second n-type field effect transistors or a bias voltage that is higher than the first voltage and lower than the threshold voltage at the side of one end of the resistive element, and supplies the bias voltage to the gates of the first and second n-type field effect transistors in the level converting part. | 04-12-2012 |
20140218272 | DISPLAY UNIT, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND CONTROL PULSE GENERATION DEVICE - A display unit includes a pixel group having pixels. Each of the pixels includes a light emitting section and a drive circuit. The pixel group is divided into P pieces of pixel blocks. The display unit is configured to allow the light emitting sections from the light emitting sections configuring the respective pixels in a first pixel block of the P pieces of pixel blocks to the light emitting sections configuring the respective pixels in a P-th pixel block of the P pieces of pixel blocks to sequentially emit light together on a pixel block basis, and when the light emitting sections configuring the respective pixels in pixel blocks of the P pieces of pixel blocks emit light, configured to allow the light emitting sections configuring the respective pixels in remaining pixel blocks of the P pieces of pixel blocks not to emit light. | 08-07-2014 |
20140218414 | COMPARATOR UNIT, DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY - A comparator unit includes: a comparison section configured to compare a control pulse with an electric potential based on a signal voltage; and a control section configured to control, based on the control pulse, operation and non-operation of the comparison section. | 08-07-2014 |
20140292745 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix pattern, each of which including a light-emitting unit and a drive circuit that drives the unit and includes a comparator circuit that compares a control pulse with potential based on signal voltage and outputs predetermined voltage based on the result, a transistor driving the unit in response to the predetermined voltage, and a current source that supplies current to the unit during driving of the transistor, includes a current-source transistor, a capacity unit connected to a gate electrode of the current-source transistor, a differential amplifier that detects a differential between voltage based on reference constant current and reference voltage, and a transistor controlling the voltage based on reference constant current depending on current flowing through the current-source transistor, and controls gate potential of the current-source transistor on the basis of output of the amplifier in synchronization with a scanning signal. | 10-02-2014 |
20150187335 | COMPARATOR CIRCUIT, COMPARATOR CIRCUIT CONTROL METHOD, A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A comparator circuit includes a differential circuit unit which detects a difference between two input signals, a current supply unit which supplies a current to the differential circuit unit, and a control unit which detects an operation timing of the differential circuit unit and controls the current supplied to the differential circuit unit by the current supply unit according to a detection result thereof. | 07-02-2015 |
20150339979 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix pattern, each of which including a light-emitting unit and a drive circuit that drives the unit and includes a comparator circuit that compares a control pulse with potential based on signal voltage and outputs predetermined voltage based on the result, a transistor driving the unit in response to the predetermined voltage, and a current source that supplies current to the unit during driving of the transistor, includes a current-source transistor, a capacity unit connected to a gate electrode of the current-source transistor, a differential amplifier that detects a differential between voltage based on reference constant current and reference voltage, and a transistor controlling the voltage based on reference constant current depending on current flowing through the current-source transistor, and controls gate potential of the current-source transistor on the basis of output of the amplifier in synchronization with a scanning signal. | 11-26-2015 |
20160118971 | COMPARATOR CIRCUIT, A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A comparator circuit according to the present disclosure includes: a first switch section that selectively takes in a signal voltage; a second switch section that selectively takes in a control waveform; a differential amplifier including a non-inverted input end connected to each of output ends of the first switch section and the second switch section; a capacity section including one end connected to an inverted input end of the differential amplifier and the other end supplied with a reference voltage; and a third switch section that selectively short-circuits the inverted input end and an output end of the differential amplifier. | 04-28-2016 |
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20090066824 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND METHOD OF SELECTION OF PIXEL OF OPTICAL SENSOR - An optical sensor able to make a pixel area small without degrading an increase of the speed of detection of the change of light intensity and reduction of the power consumption, therefore able reduce the size of a chip at the time of an increase of pixels and a method of selection of pixels of the same, imparting a function of holding charges corresponding to a light reception intensity of a previous frame and a function for comparing strongness/weakness of the light reception intensity of the previous frame and the light reception intensity of the current frame to each of the pixels composing a pixel array part and configuring both function portions by a capacitor Cs connected between a photodiode PD and a selection transistor T | 03-12-2009 |
20100277631 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array unit in which unit pixels are two-dimensionally disposed; a vertical scanning unit selecting the unit pixels, which read out the signal electric charges, for each line; signal processing units separately disposed for each column of the pixel array unit and generate pixel signals corresponding to the signal electric charges; a horizontal scanning unit reading out the pixel signal by sequentially selecting the signal processing unit and outputting image signals in the unit of one line; and a scanning control unit performing operations of the vertical scanning unit and the horizontal scanning unit, wherein the scanning control unit selects a line having an exposure period different from that of a selected line between lines selected in the scanning order and sequentially outputs an image signal of an image having the different exposure period in the unit of one line from the horizontal scanning unit. | 11-04-2010 |
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20150256800 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present disclosure relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a signal processing program which can more accurately perform color reproduction to an image captured by using visible light and infrared light. | 09-10-2015 |
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20100075882 | External Skin Preparation And Skin Cleanser - The present invention was made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the invention is to provide an external skin preparation having a rough skin improving effect, excellent in texture in use, especially excellent in smoothness, free of sticky feeling, and excellent in stability. Another object is to provide a skin cleanser excellent especially in usability and a cosmetic removing effect. That is, the external skin preparation of the present invention is characterized by comprising a block-type alkylene oxide derivative represented by the below-described formula (I). | 03-25-2010 |
20100190864 | Alkylene Oxide Derivative And Skin External Preparation Containing The Same - The present invention is to provide a new compound having a rough skin improving effect, excellent in safety, excellent in texture in use, especially free of sticky feeling, excellent in refreshing feeling, and capable to improve the base agent stability as a component. An alkylene oxide derivative is characterized by being represented by the below-described general formula (I): | 07-29-2010 |
20120071568 | Cosmetic Composition - An object of the invention is to provide a cosmetic composition that is not drippy during makeup removal, has good skin spreadability during use, has a refreshing feeling in use, and provides a high cleansing effect, and in particular, to provide a cleansing composition. The cosmetic composition according to the invention is characterized by comprising (A) an alkyl ethylene oxide surfactant having an HLB of 8 to 13, (B) 10 to 40 mass % of an oil component, and (C) water, wherein the composition is a discontinuous-micellar cubic liquid-crystal phase. Also the cosmetic composition is characterized by comprising the above composition as the outer phase and (B | 03-22-2012 |