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20100087737 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ULTRASOUND IMAGE - A bias gate part supplies a bias current to a transmission pulse generator. The transmission pulse generator receives the supply 6of the bias current, amplifies an input voltage, and supplies an output voltage obtained by the amplification to array transducer elements. In accordance with the timing of transmitting ultrasound waves from the array transducer elements and the level of the output voltage supplied to the array transducer elements, the bias gate part supplies the bias current to the transmission pulse generator while changing the timing of supplying the bias current. | 04-08-2010 |
20110172537 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - The present embodiment relates to an ultrasound probe having a first ultrasound vibrator group and a second ultrasound vibrator group, comprising a plurality of matrix switches and an adder. The ultrasound probe has a mode to send ultrasound to a predetermined observation point within a subject by the first ultrasound vibrator group, and to receive ultrasound echoes reflected within the subject by the second ultrasound vibrator group. The plurality of matrix switches extract, based on the distance between the second ultrasound vibrator group and the observation point, a plurality of ultrasound echoes having substantially the same phase from a plurality of ultrasound echoes output by the second ultrasound vibrator group. The adder adds the plurality of ultrasound echoes extracted by the plurality of matrix switches for each of the matrix switches and outputs them. | 07-14-2011 |
20110288413 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is configured to execute an imaging mode of alternately executing a continuous wave Doppler mode of acquiring time-series Doppler data by performing continuous wave transmission/reception with respect to an object and a B mode of acquiring tomogram data represented by luminance by transmitting and receiving a pulse wave to and from the object, the apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire continuous wave Doppler data and the tomogram data by alternately executing the continuous wave Doppler mode and the B mode while switching the modes, and a display unit configured to simultaneously display Doppler spectrum information generated based on the continuous wave Doppler data and a tomogram generated based on the tomogram data. | 11-24-2011 |
20120310096 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - To be able to control an aperture in ultrasound transducer units comprised such that the signals from a plurality of ultrasound transducers are added and output. An ultrasound probe comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducers, a plurality of delay circuits, and an adder circuit, and configured to be able to control a reception aperture of ultrasound waves. The delay circuit performs a delay processing to reception signals. The adder circuit adds and outputs the reception signals for each predetermined group. The ultrasound probe further comprises a gate means. The gate means switches connection and disconnection of the signal path for each signal path arranged between the ultrasound transducer and the adder circuit. The gate means also connects only the signal path from the ultrasound transducer corresponding to the initial reception aperture that is previously set after the transmission of ultrasound waves within the cycle of the ultrasound waves and sequentially connects the corresponding signal path from the ultrasound transducer that is closer to the initial reception aperture according to the lapse in time of the reception period. | 12-06-2012 |
20130303908 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is configured to execute an imaging mode of alternately executing a continuous wave Doppler mode of acquiring time-series Doppler data by performing continuous wave transmission/reception with respect to an object and a B mode of acquiring tomogram data represented by luminance by transmitting and receiving a pulse wave to and from the object, the apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire continuous wave Doppler data and the tomogram data by alternately executing the continuous wave Doppler mode and the B mode while switching the modes, and a display unit configured to simultaneously display Doppler spectrum information generated based on the continuous wave Doppler data and a tomogram generated based on the tomogram data. | 11-14-2013 |
20130303918 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An ultrasound probe and ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus that can maintain surface temperature of an ultrasound probe within a safe range, without reduction in performance. The ultrasound probe includes a casing, a transducer, an electronic circuit, and a heat-transfer construction. Elements of the transducer are aligned at one end of the casing and send out ultrasound waves in accordance with their respective delay times. The electronic circuit, disposed in the casing, includes a delay circuit setting delay times and pulsers for generating pulses in accordance with the delay times, the pulses being sent to the transducer. While the electronic circuit is being energized, the heat-transfer construction disposes a member having a low heat conductivity at least either between the electronic circuit and the casing or between the electronic circuit and the transducer. Thereby, heat from the electronic circuit is conducted to the other end of the casing. | 11-14-2013 |
20130310695 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - To provide an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus capable of appropriately assigning a transmission delay time of a group to a transducer without complicated wires. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus of the embodiment comprises a plurality of transducers, a timing pulse generator, a switch part, and a switch controller. Ultrasound waves are transmitted to the transducers. The timing pulse generator has output terminals for outputting timing pulses based on a delay time to a channel corresponding to each of the transducers, in which a plurality of output terminals are divided into groups and each group has the output terminals of a specific number greater than two. The timing pulse generator then generates the transmission delay time within a predetermined time range for the each group. The switch part selectively connects the channels with the output terminals. The switch controller divides the plurality of channels into channel regions of the same number as the specific number, and controls the switch part so as to correspond between the groups and the regions by connecting the channels and the output terminals. | 11-21-2013 |
20140121519 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises an ultrasonic probe, a transmission unit, a reception unit, a correction unit, an image processing unit and a display unit. The ultrasonic probe includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements. The reception unit stores a plurality of image generation reception signals corresponding to the plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements, generates a reception beam in accordance a predetermined reception condition by using each of the stored image generation reception signals, and stores a plurality of correction reception signals corresponding to the plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements. The correction unit receives the plurality of correction reception signals and corrects at least one of the transmission conditions and the reception condition based on the plurality of correction reception signals. | 05-01-2014 |
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20090077285 | Disk-array device having storage-device recognition and identification of a storage area network link environment - A disk-array device includes an information managing database for acquiring link information among a server device, a switch device, and a storage device via the switch device so as to manage the link information in a combined manner, and a collection/analysis unit for retrieving and collecting desired combined information of the link information from the information managing database so as to analyze the desired combined information. | 03-19-2009 |
20110191537 | STORAGE CONTROLLER AND VIRTUAL VOLUME CONTROL METHOD - A storage controller allocates a real storage area to a virtual volume in chunk units each comprising a plurality of pages. In a case where load bias occurs between RAID groups, data reallocation is carried out. A real storage area inside a pool is allocated to a virtual volume | 08-04-2011 |
20110197023 | CONTROLLING METHODS OF STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND VIRTUAL VOLUMES - The storage control device of this invention allocates the physical storage area in RAID groups to virtual volumes in units of chunks including multiple pages. | 08-11-2011 |
20120173814 | STORAGE CONTROLLER AND VIRTUAL VOLUME CONTROL METHOD - A storage system includes a virtual volume, a plurality of RAID groups, a pool unit for managing a plurality of first real storage areas and a controller. If a write command related to the virtual volume is issued from a higher-level device, the controller selects a prescribed second real storage area from among respective second real storage areas included in a prescribed first real storage area, and associates this prescribed second real storage area with a prescribed area inside the virtual volume corresponding to the write command, and which associates one virtual volume with one first real storage area. A migration destination determination unit selects a migration-targeted second real storage area from among the respective second real storage areas associated with the virtual volume, and selects a migration-destination first real storage area, which is to become the migration destination of data stored in the migration-targeted second real storage area. | 07-05-2012 |
20130326140 | CONTROLLING METHODS OF STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND VIRTUAL VOLUMES - The storage control device of this invention allocates the physical storage area in RAID groups to virtual volumes in units of chunks including multiple pages. | 12-05-2013 |
20140331008 | CONTROLLING METHODS OF STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND VIRTUAL VOLUMES - The storage control device of this invention allocates the physical storage area in RAID groups to virtual volumes in units of chunks including multiple pages. | 11-06-2014 |
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20110239840 | CUTTING OBJECT CUTTING DEVICE AND INKJET PAPER FABRICATION DEVICE - A cutting device is provided with a lower blade, an upper blade and a collar. Inkjet paper, in which an ink-receiving layer is formed on paper, is wound around an outer periphery face of the lower blade, and a blade tip is formed at one axial direction end of the lower blade. The upper blade rotates with a blade tip thereof opposing the blade tip of the lower blade in the axial direction, and the upper blade cuts the inkjet paper from the paper side thereof. The collar supports the inkjet paper, which is wound around the collar at a position that is separated from the lower blade in the axial direction. A portion of the collar, including shoulder curve portions at the two axial direction ends thereof, is constituted with PTFE. | 10-06-2011 |
20120193057 | SLITTING-MATERIAL SLITTING APPARATUS, INKJET PAPER MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INKJET PAPER - There is provided a slitting-material slitting apparatus including: a rotatable male blade; a female blade that is provided below the male blade; and a wrap section that wraps a slitting-material around the female blade such that the slitting-material makes contact with the female blade on a coated layer side of the slitting-material configured by a support body with a coating layer on the support body harder than the support body; wherein the relative position of the male blade and the female blade are determined such that the male blade slits the slitting-material in a state in which the coating layer is wrapped against the female blade by the wrap section and in contact with the female blade. | 08-02-2012 |
20160091649 | LAMINATE FILM, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a laminate film which enables to enhance luminance, and a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including this laminate film, as well as a method for producing this laminate film. Provided are laminate films including an optical functional layer and a barrier layer stacked on at least one surface of the optical functional layer, laminate films each having a film having a higher refractive index than a refractive index of the optical functional layer, on a lateral surface of the optical functional layer. It is preferable that the optical functional layer include at least one of a quantum dot and a quantum rod. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091650 | LAMINATE FILM, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A laminate film includes a gas barrier film having a barrier layer and a support which supports the barrier layer stacked on one surface of an optical functional layer, in which the gas barrier film and the optical functional layer satisfy the following adhesion force conditions: an adhesion force between the support and the barrier layer is smaller than an adhesion force between the optical functional layer and the barrier layer, and an adhesion force between the support and the barrier layer is an adhesion force enabling peeling. | 03-31-2016 |
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20140136825 | PARAMETER SETTING SUPPORT DEVICE, AND PARAMETER SETTING SUPPORT METHOD - In a parameter setting support device, a storage unit stores, for each design target that has been previously designed, related information on a plurality of devices included in a design target and information on a setting of a parameter that has been used for designing, and a design-rule generating unit generates, by using the related information stored in the storage unit, multiple rules with respect to a parameter that is common to the design targets, the rules indicating the conditions and definitions that are used for a setting of the parameter, and a design-procedure generating unit generates a procedure to execute the rules in accordance with the manually input value of a parameter and the generated rules. | 05-15-2014 |
20140164587 | ADMINISTRATION DEVICE, ADMINISTRATION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An administration device in a system in which a first device group and a second device group are connected to a network. The administration device acquires first communication history of the first device group and second communication history of the second device group, compares first specific information which specifies communication source and communication destination of the first communication history and second specific information which specifies communication source and communication destination of the second communication history while referring to relating information and detects a setting error of the second specific information set in the devices of the second device group based on a result of the comparison. | 06-12-2014 |
20140222750 | TECHNIQUE FOR CONFIRMING SETTING INFORMATION - A disclosed method includes: generating a first rule for each parameter from first data including a parameter value of each parameter; generating a second rule for each parameter from second data that is data after at least one parameter value included in the first data was changed; generating, for each group including one or plural parameters, a pair of the first rule and the second rule, which include a parameter of the group; calculating, for each pair, a first consistency ratio by applying the first rule included in the pair to the second data and a second consistency ratio by applying the second rile included in the pair to the first data; with respect to a first pair whose second consistency ratio exceeds the first consistency ratio, presenting a parameter value of a parameter, which contradicts the second rule included in the pair, in the second data to a user. | 08-07-2014 |
20140372579 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING CONFIGURATION REQUIREMENTS - A storage unit stores information indicating a plurality of management units that manage a plurality of apparatuses and have an inclusion relationship and indicating sets of apparatuses divided by the respective management units, and stores setting values of a plurality of attributes stored in association with each of the apparatuses. A computing unit specifies a management unit having a first feature with regard to setting values of any one of the attributes in each of sets of apparatuses divided by the management unit, with reference to the storage unit. The computing unit detects, for the setting values of the attribute having the first feature, a second feature established among a plurality of sets that are divided by the specified management unit. The computing unit creates information indicating requirements for the setting values of the attribute in the specified management unit, based on the first and second features. | 12-18-2014 |
20150100687 | CONTROL PROGRAM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - In a control device, a relationship extracting module extracts, from specification-item change information indicative of change information concerning specification items of hardware changed in the past and parameter change information indicative of change information concerning parameters set to the hardware, combinations of the specification-item change information and the parameter change information being in correlation. A change-pattern generator calculates a relational expression of the specification-item change information and the parameter change information for each of the extracted combinations, and generates a change pattern of the parameter change information corresponding to the specification-item change information by the calculated relational expression. | 04-09-2015 |
20150127820 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING ACROSS GROUPS OF NETWORKED DEVICES FOR DEVICES HAVING A SAME FUNCTION - A search device in a system in which first and second device groups are connected to each other, acquires first history information that specifies transmission sources and transmission destinations of communication executed between devices in the first device group, and second history information that specifies transmission sources and transmission destinations of communication executed between devices in the second device group. The search device searches across the first and second history information for a pair of a first device in the first group and a second device in the second group, by comparing the first and second history information, where the first device has a same function as the second device. | 05-07-2015 |
20150161509 | SETTING SUPPORT DEVICE, AND SETTING SUPPORT METHOD - In a setting support device, for the existing system groups each include multiple tags, a grouping unit groups the systems that have common tags. A rule extracting unit extracts, for each grouped group, a set rule that is used for environmental setting set in each of the systems on the basis of the environmental setting that is set in the systems belonging to a group. A tag common rule specifying unit specifies a set rule that is common in each tag on the basis of the set rule that is extracted for each group and on the basis of the tags included in the systems belonging to each group. A new rule merging unit creates, by using the set rule specified by each tag, a set rule that is associated with the multiple tags included in a new system. | 06-11-2015 |
20150254559 | SETTING SUPPORT DEVICE, AND SETTING SUPPORT METHOD - A setting support device generates a setting of parameters common to a plurality of devices and a condition used for the setting as a first rule based on information relating to settings of the parameters performed for the plurality of devices in the past. In addition, the setting support device generates a setting of parameters common to the plurality of devices and a condition used for the setting as a second rule for each generation based on information of each generation that relates to settings of the parameters performed for the plurality of devices in the past. The setting support device compares the first rule and the second rule with each other in relation to the setting of the parameters that is common, specifies a different rule, and calculates an index representing a degree of certainty of the specified different rule. | 09-10-2015 |
20150378803 | EXTRACTION METHOD AND DEVICE - An extraction method comprising: acquiring configuration information indicating a configuration of a processing device for each generation that represents a respective time period between configuration modifications, and extracting first information indicating configuration modifications between generations based on a plurality of generations of the acquired configuration information; acquiring performance information indicating various types of performance of the processing device at respective times, and extracting, as second information associated with one of the generations, a time when an abnormality was detected in change to a time series of the acquired performance information; acquiring event information indicating an event occurring in the processing device at respective times, and extracting, as third information associated with one of the generations, a time of event information creation when an abnormality was detected; and extracting the first information, the second information, and the third information that have a relationship to each other. | 12-31-2015 |
20160098390 | COMMAND HISTORY ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND COMMAND HISTORY ANALYSIS METHOD - A computer obtains a command history and a plurality of file histories. The command history includes command logs of executed commands. The plurality of file histories each include timing information and a character string indicating a storage location of each file. The computer extracts key commands from the command history on basis of contents of the executed commands. The computer extracts first file histories corresponding to each of the key commands on basis of timing information included in a command log of each of the key commands and timing information included in the plurality of file histories. The computer stores the first file histories in association with a first key command corresponding to the first file histories. The computer selects characteristic words from first character strings included in the first file histories. The computer stores the characteristic words in association with the first key command. | 04-07-2016 |